Antique Hand-painted Bone Jackstraws in Original Box medieval warrior with cheery flower border (tulips

with cheery flower border (tulips at the ordinal coordinates

with a brass turn handle

plus its disproportionately large head and ochre colored long nose--and then those tiny little feet

and that while clearly all by the same sender each is signed slightly differently

Presumed loss of wheeled base as noted

Antique Hand-painted Bone Jackstraws in Original Box medieval warrior with cheery flower border (tulipsI've found it difficult to determine exactly when and where the term Jackstraws was used to refer to these vs. spillikins I've had a few sets very very similar to these, with the only difference being the name printed on the box. I think quite possible these were made in England for an American audience, where Jackstraws seems to have been the more common name. Whatever the case, a lovely set, near complete I think, with some hand colored birds and