Rare, Wonderfully Graphic, and Fun 1884 Anderson Whist and Game Counter wedgwood Plenty of wear to the

Plenty of wear to the surface

Larger ship: paper size is 9 x 7 1/2"

I find seals such compelling and endearing creatures

with terrific yellow button eyes popping against the green paint

There are a couple of minor scrapes/dings to the black frame

Rare, Wonderfully Graphic, and Fun 1884 Anderson Whist and Game Counter wedgwood Plenty of wear to theI really love this thing, an unusually elaborate whist and "game" (I am really not sure what specific games) counter, patented by "Anderson" (I have found nothing definitive about) in 1884. (Whist itself is a trick taking game, which I've happily learned takes its name from the 17th c. word whist (or wist), meaning quiet, silent, attentive, and the root of the modern wistful.) I love it as an object, and a mechanical one, with GAME in black caps