Georgian Mother of Pearl "Pastoral" Gaming Token solitaire rings and rare to find one

and rare to find one in such good condition

They are mostly either French or German

the gesture is - bizarrely - only really used as part of a game where one person pretends to steal the other's nose

and substantial as it's formed from solid 15 karat gold - 17

Georgian Mother of Pearl "Pastoral" Gaming Token solitaire rings and rare to find oneDATE: Georgian, c. 1780 An unusual Georgian gaming token (aka gambling token) fashioned as a mother of pearl disc with jagged edge and a pastoral scene etched onto the front. It features a lamb walking through a field, with fence and willow tree in the background all beautifully executed. These gaming tokens were used to keep score in card games such as Ombre and Quadrille, and, via Poker during the 19th century, are precursors to modern day casino