Lovely Lot of Old (Mostly Dyed) Bone Gaming Chips in Handmade Slide Top Box old clay ocarina showing a bit of greening

showing a bit of greening

1940s I would guess

with hand-stamped (impressed) numbers in different increments on each side

To my eye just a strikingly lovely thing and surely holding a whole book of these provides protection from all sorts of things

While it could be displayed flat and/or used as a trivet or a tray

Lovely Lot of Old (Mostly Dyed) Bone Gaming Chips in Handmade Slide Top Box old clay ocarina showing a bit of greeningI just can't resist these old bone gaming chips so pretty in their range of dyed colors, and to me they impart a feeling of luxury: all those bets one could make! I found the chips as a lot and wed them with this lovely old slide top box I had on hand, which they entirely fill up. All pictured are include un dyed (white), yellow, red and purple in a mix of round and rectangular. Box: 7 3 4" l x 2" w x 1 11 16" t. Rectangular chips: 2 3 8" l. All in