Colorful Wooden Abacus with Nice Old Paint serving piece none of these detract

none of these detract

11 1/4" l x 7 5/8" t x 3/16" d

perfectly aged and worn

This really lovely West German mid-century vase I believe was made by Steuler

and the graphics really great

Colorful Wooden Abacus with Nice Old Paint serving piece none of these detractThough I realize there are not many abacus users these days, I really love them as objects and occasionally I come across one I can't resist, like this one. I'm not sure the maker but surely 1950s 60s or so, with great color, great form, and great aging to the paint. This one was certainly made as a teaching toy for children, but it could be coopted to serve as a weekly or monthly tallying device for all sorts of things (i. e. green equals good deeds