Late 19th Century Full Boxed Set of Bone Spellicans with Hook figurative vase and thought how handy one

and thought how handy one of these would be to keep one of these in one's flea market bag

brushes in very good

and with the 0 at the right end of the 12 inch scale

admiration and scandal

17” x 11 3/4”

Late 19th Century Full Boxed Set of Bone Spellicans with Hook figurative vase and thought how handy oneA nice, quite abundant set of antique bone spellicans, 1880s or so, in original box, with a good handful of them with hand painted details, mostly lending swords colorful handles, but also a few birds. I believe there are pieces for a few different sets here (as is often the case), as the point values appear in handwritten red ink on some and dark ink on others. With a bone hook included among them too. I'll never stop being drawn to sets of these, I