Antique Hand-painted Bone Jackstraws in Original Box medieval warrior And closing it back up

And closing it back up is equally satisfying

plus its disproportionately large head and ochre colored long nose--and then those tiny little feet

number 22 of who knows how many

and that while clearly all by the same sender each is signed slightly differently

Antique Hand-painted Bone Jackstraws in Original Box medieval warrior And closing it back upI've found it difficult to determine exactly when and where the term Jackstraws was used to refer to these vs. spillikins I've had a few sets very very similar to these, with the only difference being the name printed on the box. I think quite possible these were made in England for an American audience, where Jackstraws seems to have been the more common name. Whatever the case, a lovely set, near complete I think, with some hand colored birds and