Wonderful Antique Handmade Jacob's Ladder Toy with Great Papers and Striped Cloth Ribbon vintage shell game all laboriously rendered in tiny

all laboriously rendered in tiny glass seed beads

dramatic and elusive

Good on the table under the coffee pot or tea pot or dishes or candlesticks or whatever

too--I've bought and sold a lot of dominoes

Tons of photos because I love her so much

Wonderful Antique Handmade Jacob's Ladder Toy with Great Papers and Striped Cloth Ribbon vintage shell game all laboriously rendered in tinyTotal joy finding this one, a 19th century handmade Jacob's Ladder, made with a wonderful combination of papers covering the boards, and striped woven ribbons holding them together. Also known as magic tablets and click clack toys, Jacob's ladders are classic folk toys; by holding the top card and flipping it forward, each subsequent card then flips over to the next position, creating a (really quite magical and mesmerizing) cascading illusion. Works