Clear Faro Box.?Circa 1920 [?]. Transparent heavy glass box open on one end for the insertion of a pack of cards, with spring-loaded plate supporting the pack from underneath. The dealer distributes one card at a time from the front of the device. Felt-covered base. Telescoping paper-covered and plush-lined carrying box (possibly a later addition). 4 ? x 3 ? x 2" Two chips on one short panel (likely from manufacturing), else near fine.An unusual version of this classic old west gaming device, this clear box was probably created to explain the working behind it, or to provide the ultimate level of ?transparency" in the game. Faro was among the most popular card games of the cowboy era, and also one of the most crooked. The Faro Box was?devised?to keep dealers honest, and yet as soon as the box was?in use, so to were ways?invented to gaff them. Poker would later supersede Faro in popularity, and the boxes were eventually replaced on gaming tables with the traditional dealing ?shoe."