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Loaded Dice Jig. American, 19th century. Device employed by crooked gamblers to drill into a die, add lead to weight the desired side, and repaint. Whale tooth handle with drill secured at the base. Length 3 ½”. Fine. Obtained by the consignor from the famed Old West gambling collection of Bill Williamson. This piece was used to illustrate the cheating section of “The Gamblers” in Time-Life’s Old West series (1978), p. 131.