C. 1890 McLaughlin Brothers, NY Wooden “Old Fashioned” Jackstraws in Original Box molded 7 1/2" long x 5"

7 1/2" long x 5" wide

I think these are pretty old and they've got a few layers of paint on them -- the back of the chair shows an old faded dark red

with a very minor nick to the glaze on her chin

very pretty against the wood

C. 1890 McLaughlin Brothers, NY Wooden “Old Fashioned” Jackstraws in Original Box molded 7 1/2" long x 5"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