Help Identifying a Wooden Device

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  1. fpatterson

    fpatterson New Member

    I'm working through my father's estate (born 1921) and found this wooden device. The tabs are hinged and sprung. Does anyone have an idea what this is? Thanks! Wooden Device.JPG
     
    fpatterson, Sep 6, 2016
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  2. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    Look up Bezique, a card game. It is a device to help keep score.
     
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  3. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    af, I've also seen these as bridge counters. But given I don't play either, who knows. ;)
     
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  4. fpatterson

    fpatterson New Member

    Amazing! Thanks for the information!
     
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  5. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    AF is right. Bezique scorer. Bezique is/was a card-game that was very popular in the Victorian era. I have seen these made of ivory. Winston Churchill and Clemmie were very fond of Bezique.
     
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  6. GaleriaGila

    GaleriaGila Hola, y'all!

    GaleriaGila, Sep 7, 2016
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  7. all_fakes

    all_fakes Well-Known Member

    I've seen these listed as scorers for bridge and whist as well as bezique - just proves (yet again) that you can't trust auction listings as a guide to identifying anything!
     
    all_fakes, Sep 8, 2016
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