Lovely Collection of Three Early 19th C. Carved Bone Teetotem (Game Spinners) folded cigarette backs or as a vase used

or as a vase used with a flower frog or foam brick

3 4/8" t x 3 5/8" l (base) x 1 3/4" w

Yellow roof: 4 1/4" wide and deep

and I also found its exact twin selling online for $275

Lovely Collection of Three Early 19th C. Carved Bone Teetotem (Game Spinners) folded cigarette backs or as a vase usedI 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