19th Century Bell and Hammer Game with Original Instructions, Bone Chips and Extra Cards (2 Dice Short) carte de visite with expressive details packed into

with expressive details packed into every inch

I think it is quite a fantastic drawing

I purchased this wonderful box this summer from a dealer in Pennsylvania and wanted to live with it a bit

or ones with a special sort of resonance--all of which are the case with this one

19th Century Bell and Hammer Game with Original Instructions, Bone Chips and Extra Cards (2 Dice Short) carte de visite with expressive details packed intoThis is the second Bell and Hammer game (aka Whitehorse, and in German Glocke und Hammer or Schimmel) that I've found and as with the first set I had, this one sold me on the box alone. (Such good all caps gold lettering on the slide lid of the box, making it feel to me as if top secret information about the Russians might be housed inside, and then that gorgeous yellow panted border.) This set, fourth quarter 19th century I would guess, includes six