Lovely Old Bone Gambling Chips, Set Two (Cream) penobscot thimble basket This chop was purchased from

This chop was purchased from the estate of a collector in central Massachusetts which included a phenomenal array of fine figurines and animal-related art and objects from around the world

whose estate the dealer handles

with the mark dating them to sometime between 1903-1930

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

since removed

Lovely Old Bone Gambling Chips, Set Two (Cream) penobscot thimble basket This chop was purchased fromI 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