Marvelous 19th Century Hand-colored Paper Dominoes with Animals in Pretty Victorian Box planter joined at the tips of

joined at the tips of their beaks and feet

There is not a whole lot out there about Renate Scheer Kalkofen (1935-2013) who created this striking print in 1962

I'm guessing that the leather strip threaded through the cheeks of this old primitively carved figure once formed a loop by which it hung

Hanging down

of Greenfield Ohio (founded in 1887) first produced coffee grinders and then everything from mousetraps to cash registers

Marvelous 19th Century Hand-colored Paper Dominoes with Animals in Pretty Victorian Box planter joined at the tips ofMy favorite find at the Rhinebeck Antiques show last weekend, this is the earliest set of paper dominoes I've ever seen c 1870s I believe, maybe even earlier, hand colored, and with a marvelous array of animals serving as the dots all so good! There are two cards missing (the 5: 5 and 5: 1) but pretty miraculous the find the deck near complete and sold as found in a lovely paper decorated Victorian box with young woman in blue on front. Also inside a