Excellent Extra Large Set of Victorian Bone Spillikins in Original Wooden Box wooden bossing mallet make a terrifically satisfying clap

make a terrifically satisfying clap when struck--in addition to being wonderful objects that feel great in the hand

and some greening to the brass pins on the backsides

with glazes --one a painterly brown and dark indigo

the signature is a very close match for hers

Excellent Extra Large Set of Victorian Bone Spillikins in Original Wooden Box wooden bossing mallet make a terrifically satisfying clapI find antique bone Spillikins Spellicans to be pretty extraordinary things, and this is an especially lovely, and large, set. The predecessors to jack straws and pick up sticks, from what I understand Spillikins originated in China but became very popular as a parlor game in Victorian England. I think this is likely two sets that were combined some time ago as it is rare to find such a large group of them, and I'm always especially happy to find the