Victorian Bone Spillikins (with Musical Instruments!) in Wooden Box scarab with the top opening made

with the top opening made to hold a plug

so I'm listing them as a set and think I would would frame them up together more or less just a shown

this would be great hung on the wall

which I'd guess dates to the 1860s-1880s

Victorian Bone Spillikins (with Musical Instruments!) in Wooden Box scarab with the top opening madeI've always got an eye peeled for beautiful antique sets of spillikins, also known as spellicans, which were a predecessor to jack straws and pick up sticks, and which from what I understand originated in China but became very popular as a parlor game in Victorian England. I just think they are incredibly beautiful objects as well as very fun to play. Made of bone, this is the first set I've ever seen that includes musical instruments: a trumpet, a