Wessmann Game Counter, U.S. Patent Office Model
National Museum of American History

Wessmann Game Counter, U.S. Patent Office Model

Wessmann, Charles B. · 1878

wood (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

This U.S. patent model for a board for keeping score in the game of cribbage has a wooden base, with six small brass plates attached along each of the sides. Each plate has two rows of five holes. These two sets of sixty holes are used for keeping score in a single game between two players.

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