Antique Handmade Leather Dice Cups with Bone Die and Hand-Carved Chips vintage ceramics On the back side of

On the back side of the rack is a small area of residue I'd guess from the surface of a wall

Animals measure approx 2 5/8" t x 3 1/4 w

And peering through the open windows reveals that the inside was built out too (before being closed up with a wooden bottom)

with creamy white paint over black giving life to this shaggy dog

Antique Handmade Leather Dice Cups with Bone Die and Hand-Carved Chips vintage ceramics On the back side ofSo beautiful! I believe the hand carved wooden chips and bone dice here were made for playing Parcheesi, which became popular here in the last quarter of the 19th century and requires 16 chips and two dice to play (so there are a few spares here, too!) The wonderfully sculptural handmade leather dice cups with cork bottoms on their interiors and small nails around the bottoms of their exteriors fit together so as to keep the contents secure, but then