Rare Game Counter or Norfolk Liar A great trap

A great trap

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Superb Victorian taxidermy case of Brown Trout by MacLeay of Inverness

but without makers details stamped on the base

this very heavy and ornate cast iron machine is sought after by collectors

Rare Game Counter or Norfolk Liar A great trapA rare Game Counter or Norfolk Liar, used for counting numbers of shot game. Graduated with four clicker dials; one each for hares, rabbits, pheasants and partridges. Nickel silver faces with brass clickers unpolished, as found. These pocket Game Counters were used to keep tally of shot game, and give bragging rights amongst shooters and no doubt one or two extra clicks were made hence the nickname Norfolk Liar! Likely to have been made by James Dixon