Beautiful Antique Wooden Spillikin / Spellican Set in Original Slide Top Box incised 24 collotype plates

24 collotype plates

There is a small split in the wood on the top of the box toward the very back left side but it is in overall very good condition

Great for kids

with a nice warm patina to the wood and full head of black horsehair bristles--perfect for hanging on the wall as part of a brush or broom collection

simultaneously great little artworks

Beautiful Antique Wooden Spillikin / Spellican Set in Original Slide Top Box incised 24 collotype platesI only recently discovered Spillikins, also called Spellicans a predecessor to jack straws and pick up sticks, which from what I understand originated in China but became very popular as a parlor game in Victorian England. No wonder they are fantastic!!! And super fun to play!!! I've found sets in both wood and bone produced by a few different British makers in the late 19th century which came in a labeled box with printed instructions but these are