Victorian Bone Spillikins (with Musical Instruments!) in Wooden Box

Victorian Bone Spillikins (with Musical Instruments!) in Wooden Box

$90.00
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I've always got an eye peeled for beautiful antique sets of spillikins, also known as spellicans, which were a predecessor to jack straws and pick up sticks, and which from what I understand originated in China but became very popular as a parlor game in Victorian England. I just think they are incredibly beautiful objects as well as very fun to play. Made of bone, this is the first set I've ever seen that includes musical instruments: a trumpet, a harp, and a fantastic guitar! There is also a caduceus staff, a bow, a ladder, various swords and arrows and other weapons, a moon with face, and all sorts of other things! Most are marked on one side with hand-written point values. A proper hook is missing, but I've found any of the pieces ending in an arrow or hook type shape works well for lifting others, or a hook could easily be made with a piece of wire. To play, one drops--spills--the spillikins onto the table, then players alternately use the hook tool to try to lift and extract pie

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