Lovely Collection of Three Early 19th C. Carved Bone Teetotem (Game Spinners) vintage blocks set The legs are steel wire

The legs are steel wire

with excellent aging and wear to the surfaces

2 1/4" wide

with a few flea bites and what I think is a little water staining toward the bottom

I am completely taken with this the sculpture

Lovely Collection of Three Early 19th C. Carved Bone Teetotem (Game Spinners) vintage blocks set The legs are steel wireI have always wanted one of these so what a thing to find three together! They are early 19th century bone "teetotems" used for games, including "put and take," essentially like dice. Two of these are eight sided, the white one six sided, and all of them spin brilliantly, like tops. (Pure pleasure setting them spinning, and all sorts of games one might play with them.) Possibly sailor made, possibly prisoner of war, it is hard to know for sure, but