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Title:Counter box with thirty-two counters
Designer:Designed by Willem de Passe (Dutch, Cologne ca. 1597–ca. 1636 London)
Date:1632–49
Culture:British
Medium:Silver
Dimensions:Box: 1 1/16 x 1 3/8 in. (2.7 x 3.5 cm); Counters: Diam. 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Classification:Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line:Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1970
Accession Number:1970.131.5a–hh
Inscription: Engraved on counters are the following inscriptions:
Harold, King of England [c, d]: (obverse), HARALDUS REX OBIIT 14 OCTO 1066 +; (reverse), BURIED AT WALTHAM RAYNED 9 MONTHES
William I, King of England, Duke of Normandy [e, f]: (obverse), GUILIELMUS QUONQS REX OBIIT SE?E 1086; (reverse), RAYNED 21 YEARS BURYED AT NORMANDY +
William II, King of England [g]: (obverse), GUILIELMUS REX OBIIT 2 AUGU 1100; (reverse), RAYNED 15 YEARS BURYED AT WINCHESTER
Henry I, King of England [h]: (obverse), HENRICUS I REX OBIIT I DICE 1135; (reverse), RAYNED xx xxxxx [illegible] BURYED AT READING
Stephen, King of England [i]: (obverse), STEPHANUS REX OBIIT 25 OCT 1154; (reverse), RAINED 1(8?) YEARS BURIED AT F EVERSHAM *
Henry II, King of England [j]: (obverse), HENRICUS 2 REX OBIIT 6 IUL 1189; (reverse), RAINED 34 (? faint) YEARS BURID (sic) AT FONTEVERARD
John, King of England [k]: (obverse), IOHANNES REX OBIIT 14 NOVE 1216; (reverse), RAINED 17 YEARS BURIED AT WORCESTER *
Henry III, King of England [l]: (obverse), HENRICUS 3 REX OBIIT 16 NOVE 1272; RAINED 56 YEARS BURIED AT WESTMINSTER
Edward I, King of England [m]: (obverse), EDWARDUS I REX OBIIT 7 IULII 1307; (reverse), RAINED 34 YEARS (faint) BURIED AT WESTMINSTER
Henry IV, King of England [n, o]: (obverse), HENRICUS 4 REX OBIIT 25 MAR 1412. (sic); (reverse), RAINED 13 YEARS BURIED AT CANTERBURY
Henry V, King of England [p]: (obverse), HENRICUS 5 REX OBIIT 13 AUG 1422; (reverse), RANED (sic) 9 YEARS BURIED AT WESTMINSTER
Henry VI, King of England [q, r]: (obverse), HENRICUS 6 REX OBIIT 12 MAII 1471; (reverse), RAINED 8 YEARS BURIED AT WINDSOR
Edward V, King of England [s]: (obverse), EDWARDUS 5 REX OBIIT 1483; (reverse), RAINED 2 MONTHES BURIED IN DE (sic) TOWER
Henry VII, King of England and Wales [t]: (obverse), HENRICUS 7 REX OBIIT 22 APRIL 1509; (reverse), RAINED 25 YEARS BURIED AT WESTMINSTER
Henry VIII, King of England [u]: (obverse), HENRICUS 8 REX OBIIT 28 IANU 1547; (reverse), RAINED 37 YEARS BURIED AT WINDSOR
Edward VI, King of England [v]: (obverse), EDWARDUS 6 REX OBIIT 6 IULII 1553; (reverse), RAINED 6 YEARS BURIED AT WESTMINSTER
Henry, Lord Darnley [w]: (obverse, in script), Henry Lord Dar - Kin (sic) of Scots father to Kin (sic) James; (reverse), Died at the age of 21, 1567 Buryed at Edenboru.
Mary I, Queen of England [x]: (obverse), MARIA DEI GRA MAG BRIT REGIN; (reverse), SERVIR A DIEU C EST REGNER
Mary I, Queen of England [y, z]: (obverse), MARIA REGINA OBIIT 17 NOV 1558; (reverse), RAINED 5 YEARS BURIED AT WESTMINSTER
Elizabeth I, Queen of England [aa]: (obverse), ELIZABETH REG OBIIT 24 MAR 1604; (reverse), RAINED 44 YEARS BURIED AT WESTMINSTER
Henry, Prince of Wales [bb]: (obverse), ILLUSTR. HENRICUS PRINCEPS UUALILA; (reverse), HENRICUS PRINCEPS BURIED WESTMINSTER
Charles I, King of the United Kingdom [cc, dd]: (obverse), CAROLUS D.G. MAG. BRIT. FRAN ET HIB. REX; (reverse), MARIA D.G. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. ET HIB. REG.
Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria, King and Queen of the United Kingdom [ee]: (obverse), CAROLUS ET MARIA D.G. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. & HIB. REX & REGI
Charles Louis, Count Palatine [ff, gg]: (obverse), CAROLUS LODOVICUS COMES PALATENATUS RHENE; (reverse), VERBUM DOMINI MANET IN AETERNUN (sic)
Charles I, King of England [hh]: (obverse), REX CAROLUS; (reverse), GOD SEND LONG TO RAINE
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