Beautiful Treen Ruler with Inlaid Brass Pins carved bone dice with one arm forever raised

with one arm forever raised

The tops screw off easily and on tightly

The paper shows some wear and age

I really love this delicacy of this small ex voto retablo

and also known as mills and marl) played by two people

Beautiful Treen Ruler with Inlaid Brass Pins carved bone dice with one arm forever raisedThe first thing this lovely ruler made me think of was antique treen snuff boxes finely decorated with tiny brass nails, and this feels very much of that ilk as well as reminding me of Victorian pin cushions with phrases spelled out in stick pins that I am forever coveting! I believe it is likely British, I think the wood is rosewood, and the nails were individually inlaidwith the added benefit being that one can feel the numbers with the tips of the