Rare, Wonderfully Graphic, and Fun 1884 Anderson Whist and Game Counter wedgwood which sold quickly

which sold quickly

with terrific yellow button eyes popping against the green paint

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

Plenty of wear to the surface

Soot the Sweeper

Rare, Wonderfully Graphic, and Fun 1884 Anderson Whist and Game Counter wedgwood which sold quicklyI 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