Wonderful Victorian Gaming Set Including Full Deck, Gorgeous Bone Chips and Dice coffee cup made in Portland in 1924

made in Portland in 1924

or even a match of the VB mark with star

though I think it would also read like pure  sculpture if hung 60 inches center on a white gallery wall

These old wire glove dryers have taken on new resonance at the moment

I have not touched the wood a bit

Wonderful Victorian Gaming Set Including Full Deck, Gorgeous Bone Chips and Dice coffee cup made in Portland in 1924This was a fun one to find yesterday in Maine, and even more fun to open each of the boxes inside the larger box to find lots of antique bone gaming chips inside, most with handwritten numbers on them, and a handful of bone dice, too. Plus a full 52 card deck of Dondorf, Frankfurt playing cards dating I believe to the very beginning of the 20th century (a very early deck with indices), housed in a red satin draw string pouch embroidered with an ace of