Complete Antique Carved Bone Alphabet in Slide Top Box deer in landscape 5 1/4" x 3 7/16"

5 1/4" x 3 7/16"

a facility for developmentally disabled adults

I snatched it up immediately

All spring loaded

The glazing is great too--a purplish-gray that is subtle but cheerful

Complete Antique Carved Bone Alphabet in Slide Top Box deer in landscape 5 1/4" x 3 7/16"Im 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