Eight Sided 19th Century Treen Teetotem tempera painting I'm sure there were once

I'm sure there were once more blocks in this set

beveled glass mirrors

this baby's piecing blue eyes seem as if they are seeing into your soul as they follow you around the room

but often one finds them with a loss at one side that keeps them from working properly--not the case here

Eight Sided 19th Century Treen Teetotem tempera painting I'm sure there were onceI've had a couple of these carved of bone, but this is the first treen (hardwood) example I've found, British I presume, and I believe earlier than later 1800s. My photos aren't great, but it a lovely thing, with black inked numbers in each side, written in just the same manner as on early 19th century bone ones, so I do believe of that age. Used in the 18th and 19th century for games including "Put and Take," and often as substitutes for dice