Antique Bone Alphabet, Complete, in Slide Top Box  handmade toy The way the long fingers

The way the long fingers of her left hand spread protectively over her dog's shoulder

and how the whole thing feels like a little stage when turned on its side

6 1/2" across at legs

This little case its healing help will lend

Antique Bone Alphabet, Complete, in Slide Top Box  handmade toy The way the long fingersI've always got an eye out for beautiful 19th c. carved bone alphabets, which as I understand it were used in school as tools for teaching spelling. And certainly one could make a game of it now to see how many words one can spell with these 26 letters! A complete set, of more or less the same size, which I found box less (as is usually the case) but have placed in a nice old small handmade slide top box that seems a perfect fit and will keep them