Excellent Extra Large Set of Victorian Bone Spillikins in Original Wooden Box wooden bossing mallet Hand-written atop the deeply carved

Hand-written atop the deeply carved base is "Rio de Janeiro

which I have since removed

rather than "shingling" axe

I would guess it dates to the fairly early years of the association

8 1/4" t x 3 1/2" d

Excellent Extra Large Set of Victorian Bone Spillikins in Original Wooden Box wooden bossing mallet Hand-written atop the deeply carvedI 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