Antique Hand-painted Bone Jackstraws in Original Box remedy recipes which I found stored inside

which I found stored inside the barn

I really love the dynamic and contrasts between these two--the elder certainly having witnessed quite a progression of technology from telegraph to telephone

It is stamped CBP on the bottom

rose and yellow glaze

but would guess 18th c

Antique Hand-painted Bone Jackstraws in Original Box remedy recipes which I found stored insideI've found it difficult to determine exactly when and where the term Jackstraws was used to refer to these vs. spillikins I've had a few sets very very similar to these, with the only difference being the name printed on the box. I think quite possible these were made in England for an American audience, where Jackstraws seems to have been the more common name. Whatever the case, a lovely set, near complete I think, with some hand colored birds and