C. 1890 McLaughlin Brothers, NY Wooden “Old Fashioned” Jackstraws in Original Box molded I think these are pretty

I think these are pretty old and they've got a few layers of paint on them -- the back of the chair shows an old faded dark red

with a very minor nick to the glaze on her chin

A little roughness original to the carving and some small nicks here and there (an a little dust as noted) but in very good shape overall

In addition

C. 1890 McLaughlin Brothers, NY Wooden “Old Fashioned” Jackstraws in Original Box molded I think these are prettyMostly Ive gravitated toward British bone spellicans, which in large part preceded American Jack Straws, but this is a very early set of the latter, c. 1890, in great shape, and I really love that all of the pieces are shaped like tools (specifically intended to represent farm tools from what Ive read.) Each piece has a point value stamped on one sideindicating how many points a player would receive for successful extracting it from the others without