Rare, Wonderfully Graphic, and Fun 1884 Anderson Whist and Game Counter 19th century valentine In the 1960s

In the 1960s

has quite an  presence

and for sure the only of its kind I've ever seen

and it is a super useful one

I found these two in Ohio and

Rare, Wonderfully Graphic, and Fun 1884 Anderson Whist and Game Counter 19th century valentine In the 1960sI 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