A summary of the collection of dice in the

 Swiss Museum of Games (Musée Suisse du Jeu)

                                                       La Tour-de-Peilz in Switzerland

 Several dice from ancient Egypt (4th-1st cent. BC) and Rome (first centuries AD)

 Several Indian long dice, ivory

 Several sets of poker dice dating from the beginning of the 20th century until the 1970s

 Several sets of “Crown & Anchor” dice

 Several dice cups with and without dice:

Several teetotums:

5 dice, Europe, 1st half 20th cent.

Two dice in the form of men, bronze?, Germany?, end 17th/early 18th century?

“Crystal ball”, die with 32 faces, Britain, early 20th cent.

Two round dice, wood, modern: Switzerland 1991

Two dice, bone, Germany, around 1940

44 different dice, bone, France, 1920

Die, plastic, Switzerland 1970

A paper box containing a 4-sided teetotum made of wood, three 8-sided dice made of wood, and 4 wooden cubic dice, France, around 1900

A metallic tablet with a circular glass container with 3 dice in it, Britain, early 20th cent.?

A pendant of a collier, brass and glass, containing 3 dice, USA? end 19th century

A plastic box with lid and three dice in it, Germany, around 1950?

A music box (38cm in height, 22cm diameter) with cylindrical base and glass cupola containing 4 dice, France, around 1900

 

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