Small Lot of Antique Bone (and one wood) Dice painted folk art figure Nine pin preceded ten pin

Nine pin preceded ten pin bowling

and then the "push" button on the far right side causes the drawer to pop open with a most satisfying ding

and it looks that the legs themselves were whittled

and executed in dark green ink on rice paper

Address and postmarked 1908 on reverse

Small Lot of Antique Bone (and one wood) Dice painted folk art figure Nine pin preceded ten pinI'll throw in a few extra dice that I bought along with these, but pictured are the best of them. The blacks on the bone dice, all 19th century, are wonderfully irregular; I especially love the curling arcs of the threes. The red one is wooden, and an early one. Nice just thrown in a bowl, but there is a pair here of the same size that would be good for any dice throwing game. Red one measures 1 2" cubed. Largest bone is 7 16" cubed; medium pair 5 16"