Super Fun Antique Three Dial Monkey Face Advertising Whist Counter diagrams there are darker and lighter

there are darker and lighter tones to the wooden pieces

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

I think perhaps they might be fairly recently deceased

) Maybe more likely a pocket warmer  for a large pocket or to fit inside a cover and warm the bed

One sees these type of sweet grass and ash splint baskets around these parts

Super Fun Antique Three Dial Monkey Face Advertising Whist Counter diagrams there are darker and lighterSuch 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