Complete Antique Carved Bone Alphabet in Slide Top Box strange painting 3 1/2" tall

3 1/2" tall

with no splits or cracks or other issues

Paper is somewhat brittle but overall good condition

because how nice to muddle fruit or herbs or other cocktail ingredient with a beautiful muddler

I found a near exact match of this sweet old tin kangaroo that had been sold by an antique toy specialist online for $75

Complete Antique Carved Bone Alphabet in Slide Top Box strange painting 3 1/2" tallIm always opening small Victorian era boxes just like this one hoping to find bone letters inside, and, happily, here were these! A complete capital letter alphabet inside, A to Z, which looks likely a merger of a couple of different sets, as there are some letters a bit taller and wider and thicker than others. I understand that these were originally used as an aid for teaching children the alphabet and spellingand how much more enjoyable that would