Hi

I am looking for some expert opinions from the chip collecting community.

We produced licensed replicas from key film and pop culture properties. I am trying to identify the enclosed photographs of some vintage Baccart/Chemin de Fer plaques from the well known James Bond movie 'Dr. No'. The plaques seen are supposed to be from a fictional casino ‘Le Cercle’ that was supposed to be located within an actual London club, Les Ambassadeurs Club.

What I am trying to ascertain is whether the prop plaques seen are likely a ‘real’ plaques from a gaming manufacturer, possibly ‘Bourgogne Et Grasset’ who have a long association with the James Bond franchise or whether it was more likely they were manufactured specially for the production by the art/prop department attempting to create something that 'looked like' a legitimate real world plaque.

The plaques seen on screen look quite sophisticated and seem more complex and elaborate than other actual period plaques I have seen examples of, so there is an assumption they may have been deliberately elaborated on to appear more impressive/impactful on screen. But as a high stakes game the plaques used even in 1962 would likely more advanced than those used for other games.

Sadly any crew members on the production who may have been able to assist us in identifying the props have long since deceased, and records of such things were seldom kept. The production company who made the film have very limited reference on these props in their archive. So I am hoping that somebody might recognize them or be able to give some expert opinion on them.

I would be very interested to learn people's thoughts

Barry

Factory Entertainment