Luxuriously Large Lot of Antique Bone Letters in Original Box all about selling then rendered under a magnifying

then rendered under a magnifying glass

I would guess this fathoms scale was designed to be used in conjunction with that machine

This large plate or platter appears to be unsigned

There is a little bit of bend to the arm

Each measures 2 1/16" t x 2" l x 1/2" wide and they are both in excellent shape

Luxuriously Large Lot of Antique Bone Letters in Original Box all about selling then rendered under a magnifyingYum. I had one set of 19th c. bone letters months ago and have been looking for more since so when I spotted this box on offer from a British seller, filled with 180+ of them, I jumped on it. For me, all of these beautiful letters together feels like total luxury, and also total possibility the potential of every work that exists just sitting there in physical form, waiting to be spelled. These were used to teaching spelling in the 19th c., and I have