White on Black Double-sided, Hand-painted Scorekeeping Numbers - A Pair stone carved figure filled with pictures of all

filled with pictures of all sorts of wonderful

this was done in 1861

beginning with January 1885 and progressing through to May 1888

It feels great to hold in the hand

White on Black Double-sided, Hand-painted Scorekeeping Numbers - A Pair stone carved figure filled with pictures of allI'm not entirely sure what game these were made to score, but I'm pretty certain scorekeeping that was their original purpose perhaps they tracked balls and strikes? In any case, I think the hand painted numbers are about as good as they could be, and perfect in this very painterly white against black. And how great this 1 and 11 I assume meant to represent 1 and 2, though, as they flag in the opposite direction, perhaps I am wrong and they stand for