) The wonderfully sculptural handmade leather dice cups--with cork bottoms on their interiors and small nails around the bottoms of their exteriors--fit together so as to keep the contents secure
I find these very very old hand-cut playing cards heartbreakingly beautiful
The visible neck of the snake is about 2 1/2" long
and all of the details
he (I think) looks very much of the elusive
Early 20th C. Fold Out Illustration: Head and Brain apple cutting board ) The wonderfully sculptural handmadeOne of three early 20th century fold out anatomical illustrations, all found together but which I'm listing individually. I believe this one, and likely all of them, came from E J Stanley's "Library of Health," first published I believe in 1901, and again in 1916. Five layers total here, from exterior of young man's face in profile, to phrenological diagram of the brain, to muscles, nerves, and skeleton. As is: 9 1 4" x 6 3 4". Tape along left edge