Complete Antique Carved Bone Alphabet in Slide Top Box deer in landscape but is in very good

but is in very good condition

Vertical fold lines as evident

who thought it European

The glazing is great too--a purplish-gray that is subtle but cheerful

I snatched it up immediately

Complete Antique Carved Bone Alphabet in Slide Top Box deer in landscape but is in very goodIm 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