Rare Mid 19th Century "Infant's Alphabet" With Two Handmade Additions to Make Complete slab dish the delight of a second

the delight of a second face on the underside of the lid

They are hand numbered in pencil at top center (this one is 10

6" tall x 5" wide x 4 3/8" deep

Certainly this could be used as a needle/pin keep now

easy to add a few small nails as needed

Rare Mid 19th Century "Infant's Alphabet" With Two Handmade Additions to Make Complete slab dish the delight of a secondTo my eye a complete charming thing, and I've never seen another set like this somewhat akin to antique carved bone alphabets, meant to teach spelling, but in this case a paper alphabet with hand colored pictures to boot. The label on the lid of the turned wooden box reads "Infant's Alphabet", with the image of a girl holding doll at center. Inside, 28 rounds cut of heavy paper card, with letters of the alphabet on one side and hand colored engraved