Lovely Old Bone Gambling Chips, Set Three (Round) gouache on paper and brought back lots of

and brought back lots of things from Japan

and trails of blood

I am completely smitten with this letter opener

twisted and woven at the neck of the bottle

This is a terrific old dark wood pie crimper or pastry wheel with a turned wood handle and handy hook on the end

Lovely Old Bone Gambling Chips, Set Three (Round) gouache on paper and brought back lots ofI found a box of these old bone gambling chips and have become obsessed with them in the same way I'm obsessed with old clay marbles: I think they're just gorgeous as objects, and would be glad to have piles and piles of them! I've divided them into several groups based on shape and color; this mix of round ones are a combination of un dyed and dyed bone. Certainly these could be used for game night in various ways; I just really like laying them out