C. 1830s Handmade, Hand-colored Oversized Cards (Set of 24) Adapted from D.W. Kellogg's Alphabet of Different Nations shapes to arrange in a diamond

to arrange in a diamond formation then roll this yellow ball at

I’d be pretty confident it was carved sometime in the 1970s—I like to imagine by a teenager in his basement as an act of deep devotion

Box measures 10 5/8" x " x 10 5/8" x 1 1/4"

which I found at an antique shop nearby

and also it seems in the U

C. 1830s Handmade, Hand-colored Oversized Cards (Set of 24) Adapted from D.W. Kellogg's Alphabet of Different Nations shapes to arrange in a diamondI think these are absolutely fantastic, purchased in Maine at an antiques show from from a Virginia based dealer with very fine things, and which I absolutely could not leave behind. And after much searching, I found their source on the website of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale: they are from Alphabet of Different Nations: For Teaching Children to Read, published by D. W. Kellogg & Co, Hartford, sometime between 1830 and 1842,