C. 1890 McLaughlin Brothers, NY Wooden “Old Fashioned” Jackstraws in Original Box mosaic animal 5" long x 1 3/4"

5" long x 1 3/4" tall x 1 3/4" wide

with the sides of the darker joined by nails and the lighter with lovely dovetail joints

but in any event I think she's terrific

I've found a few other snuff boxes like this that portray humorous scenes

so if stood upright it will not hold in position if pointed horizontally

C. 1890 McLaughlin Brothers, NY Wooden “Old Fashioned” Jackstraws in Original Box mosaic animal 5" long x 1 3/4"Mostly 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