Rare, Wonderfully Graphic, and Fun 1884 Anderson Whist and Game Counter wedgwood ) I love the range

) I love the range of silks incorporated into this one (47 different brands by my count) delivering a spectrum of color

I find seals such compelling and endearing creatures

Plenty of wear to the surface

but believe the watercolor depicts the "miserable" protagonist

The underside is signed AD

Rare, Wonderfully Graphic, and Fun 1884 Anderson Whist and Game Counter wedgwood ) I love the rangeI 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