Rare Mid 19th Century "Infant's Alphabet" With Two Handmade Additions to Make Complete pins but this is the first

but this is the first set of Chinese spellicans I have had

There is a repaired (glued) split near the center of one of the thin bars of the "cage" as detailed in last several photos

The gold/brown--not quite gold

and a couple of old well repaired splits in the lid

maybe from a wire or dowel

Rare Mid 19th Century "Infant's Alphabet" With Two Handmade Additions to Make Complete pins but this is the firstTo my eye a complete charming thing, and I've never seen another set like this somewhat akin to antique carved bone alphabets, meant to teach spelling, but in this case a paper alphabet with hand colored pictures to boot. The label on the lid of the turned wooden box reads "Infant's Alphabet", with the image of a girl holding doll at center. Inside, 28 rounds cut of heavy paper card, with letters of the alphabet on one side and hand colored engraved