Rare, Wonderfully Graphic, and Fun 1884 Anderson Whist and Game Counter possessed " I think just as

" I think just as singles they are pretty terrific

though quite an unusual one--I've certainly never seen a game of boules/lawn bowling depicted on a trench art piece

This will stand on its own but slants forward

in Northampton

Perhaps a good one for the kitchen

Rare, Wonderfully Graphic, and Fun 1884 Anderson Whist and Game Counter possessed " I think just asI 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