Lovely Old Bone Gambling Chips, Set Five (Green) p. pohl harmonica The lid fits tight

The lid fits tight

I of course like to imagine this set was used by a student at the Bauhaus

and the piece makes a nice sculptural canister for all sorts of things--I might fill it with sugar or tea bags to put on the table at coffee or tea time

but a hanger could easily be mounted on the backside (which is almost as great as the front

Lovely Old Bone Gambling Chips, Set Five (Green) p. pohl harmonica The lid fits tightI 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; these were dyed green, surely once more saturated than they are now, but I like how they have faded in quite a painterly way. Certainly these could be used for game