Antique Bone Alphabet, Complete, in Slide Top Box  handmade toy Both with FLT (Friendship

Both with FLT (Friendship

I think it would be absolutely the perfect thing in a cabin owned by a family whose last name started with a T

but know they are quite scarce and highly collectible

and how the whole thing feels like a little stage when turned on its side

but which contains some irregularities

Antique Bone Alphabet, Complete, in Slide Top Box  handmade toy Both with FLT (FriendshipI've always got an eye out for beautiful 19th c. carved bone alphabets, which as I understand it were used in school as tools for teaching spelling. And certainly one could make a game of it now to see how many words one can spell with these 26 letters! A complete set, of more or less the same size, which I found box less (as is usually the case) but have placed in a nice old small handmade slide top box that seems a perfect fit and will keep them