Beautiful Condition (and Brilliantly Spinning) 19th Century 8 Sided Bone Teetotem book plate drawing (The threaded silver ring holding

(The threaded silver ring holding the photo looks to me as it was made to flip up

There is a split to the wood at the back of one shoulder as documented and maybe he once had an hood back there

but stable and sound and nice to hold

and then this array of toy figures and animals arranged on the chair beside him

Maple Sugar-ing

Beautiful Condition (and Brilliantly Spinning) 19th Century 8 Sided Bone Teetotem book plate drawing (The threaded silver ring holdingI've had a couple of 19th century bone teetotem in the shop previously those actually purchased from the same collection as this one in Pennsylvania and will continue to scoop them up when I can, though usually they are quite preciously priced. The term teetotum encompasses tops like this made for games ranging from 4 to 12 sides, marked with numbers or symbols (a dreidel is a type of teetotum.) This one is eight sided, and i believe would have used