Super Fun Antique Three Dial Monkey Face Advertising Whist Counter diagrams Lots of power and fortitude

Lots of power and fortitude expressed in the forms of those blocky carved bodies

but void of people and tightly framed this snapshot feels to me particularly poignant in this moment

I think perhaps they might be fairly recently deceased

then 12 pages at the end with suns and moons and ebbs and tides and a few misc

Under heavy glass and what now functions as a deep frame

Super Fun Antique Three Dial Monkey Face Advertising Whist Counter diagrams Lots of power and fortitudeSuch a fun one. This is a game counter for bridge or whist, with the eyes and mouth of the monkey changing as one advances (by turning the dials) points and games and the trump suit on reverse. Clearly made as an advertising card for the Burrough Adding Machine, sold by Frank Spiekerman in Philadelphia, c. 1900 or so. I can't find another like it out there. Don't monkey with the score but a great monkey face to monkey with! 3 1 8" x 2 3 8" and in