SOLD Unusual Early 19th C. Wooden Game Counter with Tin Pointers and Hand-painted Numbers double exposure producing a tune that is

producing a tune that is strong and bright and cheerful

the other a rich brown and putty colored--that follow the contours of their making

this is a prime example--a bit of a mystery

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The Band of Hope referred to here is a temperance organization for working-class children founded in Leeds in 1847

SOLD Unusual Early 19th C. Wooden Game Counter with Tin Pointers and Hand-painted Numbers double exposure producing a tune that isI was excited to find this a small, handmade 19th century game counter, quite unusual and I think super beautiful. I believe it was made as a counter marker for whist (card game), but it is different than any I've seen in that it combines two hands on one dial, looking more like a clock for teaching time! (but only 0 9) One finds 19th century examples of "long whist" markers (0 9, more common earlier 19th c.) and "short whist markers" (0 5, favored