Are These Used In A Game?

I came across these items in my late father's belongings. I'm not sure if the dice go with the leather cups but they were all together. Approx 6 inches high and stamped Made in England on the base. Are the dice bone? Collectable at all?
Many thanks.
Tracey

 

Pub dice. Shake 5 dice in the leather cup to determine who buys the next round. Think the dice are not bone, some sort of plastic perhaps.

 

Are they still used today?

 

Yes. Think yours are nice, people do collect pub stuff, cribbage boards etc.

 

Wow!!! I never realised. Do you think mine may have some age to them? Shouting drinks in Aussie pubs isn't quite so civilised

 

Many, many moons ago, in my fading youth, I played my fair share of bar games with a leather cup & dice. . .please believe me it is rarely civilized! You don't just roll the dice quietly on the bar, you slam the cup, you yell & curse, you spill drinks, etc. until you are drunk as a skunk.

Here are just a few 'bar games' that can be played: https://pubcrawltonight.com/fun-dice-drinking-games/

Judging from the dice I'd say yours might have some age but would expect more wear on the cup lip if it was used very long or hard. The matching dice with name Dewar might make this set more desirable. My guess would be mid-1900s. The unevenness of the stitching on the bottom suggests hand-sewn.

 

Oh, how I would love to have witnessed that!! Do you think they would have played those games in officers messes?

 

Hmmm, I don't know if officers would be allowed to be as crass as local "bar flies".

Dice bar games never played in "upper crust" establishments.

 

I've got a shove ha'penny game.
My English grandfather taught my siblings and I how to play on a board he'd made himself in the early 1970s. Unfortunately, no one in the family knows what happened to it. It took me a while but I finally found one online. We often take it out during holiday celebrations for some nostalgic fun.

 

@Houseful beat me to it, but yep, they're vintage:

https://www.google.com/search?q=VIN...=2ahUKEwjX7Y3kucjsAhWSZM0KHZSUCegQ9QF6BAgKEA4