Lovely Old Bone Gambling Chips, Set Two (Cream) penobscot thimble basket whose estate the dealer handles

whose estate the dealer handles

I found it at the estate sale of an actress and philanthropist and like to imagine it was a souvenir from perhaps a first apartment rental in New York or London

forever reserved for for a local VIP

packing a whole lot in--with the fanatically drawn wings of the raven framing it on one side

or Japanning

Lovely Old Bone Gambling Chips, Set Two (Cream) penobscot thimble basket whose estate the dealer handlesI found a box of these old bone gambling chips and have become obsessed with them in the same way I'm obsessed with old clay marbles: I think they're just gorgeous as objects, and would be glad to have piles and piles of them! I've divided them into several groups based on shape and color; these were dyed and may once have been a brighter yellow, but now are a beautiful cream. Certainly these could be used for game night in various ways; I just really