C. 1890 McLaughlin Brothers, NY Wooden “Old Fashioned” Jackstraws in Original Box mosaic animal so if stood upright it

so if stood upright it will not hold in position if pointed horizontally

--feel so familiar

wonderfully illustrating how to "enlarge or diminish by means of a square

and artist statements

C. 1890 McLaughlin Brothers, NY Wooden “Old Fashioned” Jackstraws in Original Box mosaic animal so if stood upright itMostly Ive gravitated toward British bone spellicans, which in large part preceded American Jack Straws, but this is a very early set of the latter, c. 1890, in great shape, and I really love that all of the pieces are shaped like tools (specifically intended to represent farm tools from what Ive read.) Each piece has a point value stamped on one sideindicating how many points a player would receive for successful extracting it from the others without