- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Brass roulette box with two compartments sliding into each other [.1, .2] holding a die [.3]. Bottom [.4] of the brass box has fallen off. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 14/2/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1947
- Date collected
- By 1947
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1947
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Material Pigment, Material Iron Metal, Process Incised, Process Painted, Process Soldered, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Length: max 47 mm, Length: max 15 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1947.10.28.1 Accession number: 1947.10.28.2 Accession number: 1947.10.28.3
Search terms: Box, Toy and Game, Die Gaming Piece, Game
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