Vintage Lucky Dice Charm
Cool vintage dice holder complete with two gaming dice: red and black. So you can wager, shoot craps, divinate etc. wherever you happen to find yourself. The holder's crafted in 9 carat gold and English hallmarks date it to 1960.
Mentioned in Chaucer's 14th century Canterbury Tales, here are the rules to the wildly-popular-in-17th-and-18th-century-London two dice game Hazard:
Any number may play, but only one player – the caster – has the dice at any time.
In each round, the caster specifies a number between 5 and 9 inclusive: this is the main. They then throw two dice.
If they roll the main, they win (throwing in or nicking).
If they roll a 2 or a 3, they lose (throwing out or outing).
If they roll an 11 or 12, the result depends on the main:
with a main of 5 or 9, they throw out with both an 11 and a 12;
with a main of 6 or 8, they throw out with an 11 but nick with a 12;
with a main of 7, they nick with an 11 but throw out with a 12.
If they neither nick nor throw out, the number thrown is called the chance. They throw the dice again:
if they roll the chance, they win;
if they roll the main, they lose (unlike on the first throw);
if they roll neither, they keep throwing until they roll one or the other, winning with the chance and losing with the main.
The caster keeps their role until losing three times in succession.
After the third loss, they must pass the dice to the left, that player becoming the new caster.
Hazard would ultimately evolve into Craps.
Era: Vintage, 1960
Size: 15.8mm by 8.9mm
Hallmarks: English, London, 9ct Gold, 1960, Z LD Maker's Mark
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[Last updated: September 2026]
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