C. 1830s Handmade, Hand-colored Oversized Cards (Set of 24) Adapted from D.W. Kellogg's Alphabet of Different Nations shapes and with lots of character--but

and with lots of character--but I really fell in love when I opened it to find this beautiful backgammon board inside

1940s I would think

I believe it is the earliest sets of U

Paper held to light reveals watermark "Gates 1824

Box measures 10 5/8" x " x 10 5/8" x 1 1/4"

C. 1830s Handmade, Hand-colored Oversized Cards (Set of 24) Adapted from D.W. Kellogg's Alphabet of Different Nations shapes and with lots of character--butI think these are absolutely fantastic, purchased in Maine at an antiques show from from a Virginia based dealer with very fine things, and which I absolutely could not leave behind. And after much searching, I found their source on the website of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale: they are from Alphabet of Different Nations: For Teaching Children to Read, published by D. W. Kellogg & Co, Hartford, sometime between 1830 and 1842,