Exquisite 19th C. Inlaid Bone and Marquetry Fox and Geese Game Board functional pottery Her arms move

Her arms move

to single overhead light

Another little piece of Americana: I do believe the carved (whittled) head on this old folk art letter opener was meant to represent Abe Lincoln

and waving not one but two American flags

two smaller ones of different lengths

Exquisite 19th C. Inlaid Bone and Marquetry Fox and Geese Game Board functional pottery Her arms moveThis beautiful thing! I've found not other version of it out there anywhere, and so am not entirely sure if it was in fact distributed by McLaughlin Brothers, who produced the instructions (dated 1878) found inside the box, or whether its one time owner paired the instructions with the board. The board itself is wood inlaid with bone and intricate porcelain (I believe) marquetry, which I believe would be referred to as Sadeli. (A technique believed to