Scarce 1897 Hood's Spelling School Game, Complete, with Extensive Rules Booklet-- and Sarsaparilla Advertising! metal plaque No others I have found

No others I have found remotely compare to this one

5 3/4" long not including tail

it was signed by a Lucy Davis in 1817

Old paintings on school slates are certainly “make do

Boxes approx 3 1/4" x 2 1/2" w

Scarce 1897 Hood's Spelling School Game, Complete, with Extensive Rules Booklet-- and Sarsaparilla Advertising! metal plaque No others I have foundThis is a scarce one like Anagrams, but with bright yellow letters, the backs of them printed with Hood's Sarsaparilla, a root beer like drink promoted as a health tonic with far ranging benefits. Those benefits are details in the printed booklet, which, far more usefully, includes many pages of details for different and increasingly sophisticated games to be played with these letters and which, I do believe, make a compelling argument for them as