Wonderful Victorian Gaming Set Including Full Deck, Gorgeous Bone Chips and Dice mid-century ceramic goblet There is a tiny hole

There is a tiny hole near the top for stringing a thread through to hang it

for the sheer reward of witnessing their power and prowess and unmitigated focus up close

and I believe the box is pewter

its body is painted a deep teal green animated with thousands of tiny dots in yellow

Something in the combination of text and material just spoke to me when I found these blocks of New Puritan Lead the other day in Maine

Wonderful Victorian Gaming Set Including Full Deck, Gorgeous Bone Chips and Dice mid-century ceramic goblet There is a tiny holeThis was a fun one to find yesterday in Maine, and even more fun to open each of the boxes inside the larger box to find lots of antique bone gaming chips inside, most with handwritten numbers on them, and a handful of bone dice, too. Plus a full 52 card deck of Dondorf, Frankfurt playing cards dating I believe to the very beginning of the 20th century (a very early deck with indices), housed in a red satin draw string pouch embroidered with an ace of