Rare Mid 19th Century "Infant's Alphabet" With Two Handmade Additions to Make Complete slab dish the delight of a second

the delight of a second face on the underside of the lid

Certainly this could be used as a needle/pin keep now

easy to add a few small nails as needed

They are hand numbered in pencil at top center (this one is 10

Rare Mid 19th Century "Infant's Alphabet" With Two Handmade Additions to Make Complete slab dish the delight of a secondTo my eye a complete charming thing, and I've never seen another set like this somewhat akin to antique carved bone alphabets, meant to teach spelling, but in this case a paper alphabet with hand colored pictures to boot. The label on the lid of the turned wooden box reads "Infant's Alphabet", with the image of a girl holding doll at center. Inside, 28 rounds cut of heavy paper card, with letters of the alphabet on one side and hand colored engraved