Complete Antique Carved Bone Alphabet in Slide Top Box deer in landscape I snatched it up immediately

I snatched it up immediately

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

or perhaps Dutch to me

On one short side is printed B&S Ratchet Socket Wrench Set

but is in very good condition

Complete Antique Carved Bone Alphabet in Slide Top Box deer in landscape I snatched it up immediatelyIm 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