Lovely, Curious Set of Four Oversized 0-5 Wooden Dice in Veneered Box modern candlesticks its got a beautiful shape

its got a beautiful shape and finish and it just a truly lovely--I'd venture to say perfect

Boot-shaped match safes were definitely a thing--one finds carved as well as cast iron versions shaped like cowboy boots as well as Victorian boots

with a patch at one corner

now much mellowed

This is a mixed lot of 12 old miniature dice

Lovely, Curious Set of Four Oversized 0-5 Wooden Dice in Veneered Box modern candlesticks its got a beautiful shapeI purchased these unusual oversized dice zero dots to five as opposed to the usual 1 6 along with the antique parquetry set and early Milton Bradley "Words and Sentences" game from a dealer who herself had purchased them together at auction as part of an early games lot. That, and the fact that I can find no others like them out there, make me think they have similar age to them. I've found some examples of dice numbered 0 5 that are used for teaching