Rare, Wonderfully Graphic, and Fun 1884 Anderson Whist and Game Counter possessed though quite an unusual one--I've

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

and fairly light in weight due to no brass spinners and fairly thinly cut bone

painted white on one side

one on the belly

first in Germany

Rare, Wonderfully Graphic, and Fun 1884 Anderson Whist and Game Counter possessed though quite an unusual one--I'veI 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