Prang's Alphabets Plain and Ornamental, 1870 (Complete, Pages Loose, Plus Drawings) tall French skittles The box does not clasp

The box does not clasp

5 1/2" wide x 3 1/2" deep and tall

which I assume were made to teach the concept of fractions

It would be especially dramatic filled with large white lilies or a few tall flowering branches

However I have found no other like this one

Prang's Alphabets Plain and Ornamental, 1870 (Complete, Pages Loose, Plus Drawings) tall French skittles The box does not claspThis is quite a rare one, and while the binding is shot and most of the pages loose, the alphabets are beautiful, and there's a great ink drawing just inslde plus a pencil drawn portrait on a blank page at the end. Published in 1870 by Prang, Louis and Co, Boston, it features preface and color title page followed by 15 plates of alphabets (3 color), and a leaf of advertising. This copy features a paper label from James W. Queen & Co. Mathematical