Beautiful Treen Ruler with Inlaid Brass Pins carved bone dice and also known as mills

and also known as mills and marl) played by two people

The tops screw off easily and on tightly

One more by May Elizabeth Green

The bottom edge of the lid features a thin

et cetera—but due to the misdeeds of failed protohumans

Beautiful Treen Ruler with Inlaid Brass Pins carved bone dice and also known as millsThe first thing this lovely ruler made me think of was antique treen snuff boxes finely decorated with tiny brass nails, and this feels very much of that ilk as well as reminding me of Victorian pin cushions with phrases spelled out in stick pins that I am forever coveting! I believe it is likely British, I think the wood is rosewood, and the nails were individually inlaidwith the added benefit being that one can feel the numbers with the tips of the