Lovely Collection of Three Early 19th C. Carved Bone Teetotem (Game Spinners) vintage blocks set but they’d be equally pretty

but they’d be equally pretty thrown in glass or tin and placed at the ready to use—and the size

with a few flea bites and what I think is a little water staining toward the bottom

2 1/4" wide

I look as readymade painterly sculptures

with excellent aging and wear to the surfaces

Lovely Collection of Three Early 19th C. Carved Bone Teetotem (Game Spinners) vintage blocks set but they’d be equally prettyI have always wanted one of these so what a thing to find three together! They are early 19th century bone "teetotems" used for games, including "put and take," essentially like dice. Two of these are eight sided, the white one six sided, and all of them spin brilliantly, like tops. (Pure pleasure setting them spinning, and all sorts of games one might play with them.) Possibly sailor made, possibly prisoner of war, it is hard to know for sure, but