Wonderful Antique Handmade Jacob's Ladder Toy with Great Papers and Striped Cloth Ribbon vintage shell game A lot of love invested

A lot of love invested in this

dramatic and elusive

whose recently deceased father had been an architect and great collector

like a body with antler or antenna

Wonderful Antique Handmade Jacob's Ladder Toy with Great Papers and Striped Cloth Ribbon vintage shell game A lot of love investedTotal joy finding this one, a 19th century handmade Jacob's Ladder, made with a wonderful combination of papers covering the boards, and striped woven ribbons holding them together. Also known as magic tablets and click clack toys, Jacob's ladders are classic folk toys; by holding the top card and flipping it forward, each subsequent card then flips over to the next position, creating a (really quite magical and mesmerizing) cascading illusion. Works