Antique Hand-painted Bone Jackstraws in Original Box remedy recipes No stand but it sits

No stand but it sits very happily and stably (does not roll of wobble) without one

which I found stored inside the barn

I really love the dynamic and contrasts between these two--the elder certainly having witnessed quite a progression of technology from telegraph to telephone

It is stamped CBP on the bottom

The frame (with pretty little acorn at top holding a hanging ring) tells me that this inked silhouette dates to the 1830s or so

Antique Hand-painted Bone Jackstraws in Original Box remedy recipes No stand but it sitsI've found it difficult to determine exactly when and where the term Jackstraws was used to refer to these vs. spillikins I've had a few sets very very similar to these, with the only difference being the name printed on the box. I think quite possible these were made in England for an American audience, where Jackstraws seems to have been the more common name. Whatever the case, a lovely set, near complete I think, with some hand colored birds and