Perry & Co. London, 1860 Brass Whist Marker with Pointing Hand antique inuit doll and also for the efficiency

and also for the efficiency and efficacy of strategy  it represents

I found this lady yesterday in New Hampshire and grow more enamored of her every minute

This one is heavy and almost 10 inches across

this is a hundred times more beautiful in person with a really striking presence

and it has only gotten better with age

Perry & Co. London, 1860 Brass Whist Marker with Pointing Hand antique inuit doll and also for the efficiencyI've long admired antique pointing hand Whist markers counters like this one, used for scoring the classic English trick taking came, which was widely played in the 18th and 19th centuries. This lovely example, made of brass, was produced by Perry & Co London, and, based on the diamond shaped Podr registation mark on reverse, we can date it to Jan 31, 1860. The inner disk with hand turns smoothly to point to any number on the outer disk, 0 9, which is