Complete Antique Carved Bone Alphabet in Slide Top Box strange painting I found a near exact

I found a near exact match of this sweet old tin kangaroo that had been sold by an antique toy specialist online for $75

Paper is somewhat brittle but overall good condition

struck me as an especially lovely one

I really like the mix of aspects captured by the portrait

This one is wonderfully rustic in its construction

Complete Antique Carved Bone Alphabet in Slide Top Box strange painting I found a near exactIm 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