Antique Scottish Mauchline Ware Covered Dice Cup & Dice DC-12

Description: This is an Antique Scottish Mauchline Ware Covered Dice Cup and a Set of Five Contemporary Dice.PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to see the Liar's poker dice rules and other dice rule information at the bottom of the listing below the condition section. You can print the listing description or copy and save my rules text to a file for future use. You can find rules for other variations of liar’s poker dice online, as well as other poker dice rules. The cup is beautifully finished with a great looking grain. On the art-antiques-collectibles site's Mauchline Ware article I found the following attribution regarding the wood used for Mauchline ware:"Mauchline ware was usually made of sycamore, which is a creamy-white, close-textured wood, generally free of blemishes."This piece has a much darker color than is typical on Mauchline ware sycamore pieces. I do not know if it is a different wood or if it is sycamore stained a darker shade.Numerous articles on Mauchline Ware and collecting it, can be readily found online. I read online that Mauchline Ware was produced from around the 1830s for about 100 years until the plant burned down in 1933. I think this piece may well be a 19th Century piece, but we do not know the age for sure. The conical, tapered cup is 2 7/8" tall including the lid, with a 2 1/8" lid diameter, a 1 7/8" top, outer diameter at the 2 1/4" lip of the cup, and a 1 1/2" bottom diameter. Mauchline Ware was generally produced as souvenir items, commissioned for a wide range of venues worldwide. This cup has a nice illustration of "Borrowdale near the Bowder Stone". The wikipedia article on the Bowder Stone states in part: "The Bowder Stone is a large andesite lava boulder, that fell 200 metres (660 ft) from the Bowder Crag on Kings How between 13,500 and 10,000 years ago. The stone is situated in Borrowdale, Cumbria, England, at grid reference NY25401639. It is estimated to weigh around 2000 tons and is about 30 feet (9.1 m) high, 50 feet (15 m) across and 90 feet (27 m) in circumference. There is a staircase allowing visitors to climb to the top, and has been since at least 1890.The name may come from the local dialect for 'boulder' although a popular story is its derivation from the Norse god Baldr, a son of Odin. Other versions of the name are ‘The Bowdar Stone’ and ‘Powder or Bounder Stone’. In 1772 William Gilpin wrote that it seemed not to be "..rent from the mountains,.." and was an "..independent creation..", using the name Boother-stone. As stated, it is popularly said that the name equates with Balder, the second son of the god Odin. Balder is best known for being slain through the actions of Loki with an arrow or spear made of mistletoe. One side of the Bowder Stone is said to be a simulacrum of the face of Balder and a small hole is said to have once existed on his head where in Norse mythology the weapon pierced and killed him. A carving representing the sun was supposedly located just above the hole. The oldest photographs show a well defined chin and lips whilst a second face is seen by some.[9] In the 1500s German miners emigrated to Borrowdale to work the copper mines and the legends of 'Balder' may have come with them." Also included in this listing is a set of five small blue 5 MM dice that are not original to the cups. With the relatively small size of the cup, 12MM and 16MM dice tend to not shake as freely. These smaller dice work great. Note for the poker dice rules included below, played with these regular dice, flushes and straight flushes are eliminated from the possible hands.Condition The cup is in excellent condition with the exception of an audible squeak when the fairly tight fitting lid is removed.The dice are new. At the time of the original listing, we are in the process listing 28 antique and vintage dice cups with dice, in 27 separate listings (one listing is for two matching dice cups). The dice cup listings in this grouping have been designated DC-01 through DC-27 in the titles. This listing is DC-12.PLEASE NOTE: In addition to the individual photos, each listing has a photo of all 28 cups, providing an overview of the of ages and styles of dice cups offered individually. To view the listings, click on the Visit Store link in the Seller Information box at the top right of any of our listings. Click on the Antique and Vintage Dice Cups category link at the far left. We also invite you to have a look at the items under Vintage Games, and well as our other categories. If you are gift shopping, we also have some very nice antique and vintage jewelry, including many pieces from England.I have always enjoyed collecting, buying, and selling antique and vintage game items. Dice cups and dice for playing "Liar's Poker" and other dice games are a particular favorite of mine. As I am listing, the holiday season is approaching, and these dice cups will be available in plenty of time for your purchase as gifts. We have been selling dice cups and dice for quite a number of years and they have been very popular purchases as Christmas gifts each year. The cups offered include quite a variety of ages, styles, and materials. I have displayed and categorized the dice cups as:Front Row Center - English Georgian Small Dice Cups Second Row Center - English Georgian Turned Ribbed Dice CupsBack Row Center (on glass block) - Vintage Medium Heavy Felt Lined Leather Dice CupsBack Row Left - Antique and Vintage Leather Dice CupsBack Row Right - Vintage Large Heavy Felt Lined Leather Dice CupsFront Left Corner - Casino, Advertising & Novelty Dice Cups Georgian dice cupsWe do not specific date attributions for individual Georgian dice cups, but generally they are thought to be from the latter part of the 1700s up to the about the 1830s. Any of these cups would make a very unique and welcome gift for any lover or collector of dice games. Overall, about 17 of the 27 dice cup listings are for antique and vintage dice cups purchased in England.Mauchline Ware dice cupsWe have several lidded Mauchline Ware pieces that we are offering. They were all purchased empty. They may have held shot glasses or similar items, but they have been a popular item repurposed as dice cups. Machline ware pieces are highly collectible in their own right. When coupled with tiny dice, these small pieces have a convenient size for pocket or purse as a nice way to have a traveling dice game, or simply for home use.DiceThe dice offered vary from listing to listing as described in each listing in number of dice, size, age, and material. Some listings have quite old Bakelite dice including, in some instances poker dice. Other listings have regular Bakelite dice, vintage plastic dice, and / or contemporary regular or poker dice. As you can see, the sizes of the dice cups vary quite a bit. I tried to offer dice with each cup that are of an appropriate size so that they can be given a good shake for a random roll (aided by the ribs present in some of the cups as noted).Rules for Poker Dice One of the games you can play with these dice is a more conventional poker dice game. The poker rules involve a player taking successive turns of up to three rolls. On the first roll the player rolls all five dice. The player can stop after the first or second roll if he/she has a good hand. For the second role, the player can sent any of the dice from the first roll aside and roll the remainder or re-roll all five. For the third roll the player can roll any or all of the dice rolled on the second roll, but not the dice set aside on the first roll. After each player has a turn, the player with the best poker hand wins the pot and the players ante for another round. I happen to prefer the Liar's Poker game described below. There are a number of games that can be played with these dice, and rules can be found in books and perhaps on the Internet as well. My favorite game, which I spent many evenings playing, during my college days is Liar's Poker Dice. The rules are as follows: A prescribed buy in and per hand ante are agreed upon, e.g. $5.00 buy-in with 25 cent ante per round. A game ending criterion should be agreed upon, e.g. either a set time limit, or when one player has won all of the money. This game is best played with 3 to 5 players. The first player shakes the dice, turns the cup over, and, concealing the dice with both hands, peaks at the hand that was rolled. That player then declares any standard poker hand. The player to the left must either accept the word of the first player or "pull the cup" trying to expose a bluff by the first player. If the first player is caught bluffing, he/she must pay the ante amount to each player. If the first player had a had equal to or better than he/she declared, the player who "pulled the cup" pays the ante to each player, and the next hand begins with player to the left of the player who started the previous hand. If the second player accepts the first player's declaration, the cup is slid to the second player concealing the dice and taking care to move the cup gently so that none of the dice get turned (this is quite easy to do on a smooth surface). The second player peaks at the dice and then takes one of several actions: simply declares a higher hand for the third player to either accept or pull; or after optionally exposing one or more of the dice, shaking the remainder, and then, after peeking at the new role, declaring a higher hand than the previous player. The third player can accept the declaration or pull the cup, and play continues in the same fashion until someone finally pulls the cup. Once dice are outside the cup, if a player has really gotten burned by accepting the call, he/she can choose to put any or all of the exposed dice back in the cup and reroll them along with the ones still in the cup. This is a great free-for-all game, and I have played it for hours at a time without tiring of the game. As long as there are no pre-arranged agreements, anything goes with respect to "selling your hand". For example, in a three person game, let's say the person to your right is on a winning streak. You can try to cajole the player to your left into believing you have a much better hand than you have just declared and that you are giving him/her a "free ride" to try to burn the big winner. Are you trying to burn the big winner or simply trying to "sell a loser"? It will take all of the next player's poker skill to make the right call....... Please visit our ebay store to view a wide variety of antique, vintage and contemporary items. International Buyers – Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. 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Price: 43 USD

Location: Sammamish, Washington

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