About 128 bone, hand-carved letters of the alphabet in capital majuscule letters with serifs. The sizes are not precisely uniform and there is some variation in shape. These could have been made by Napoleonic Prisoners-of-War , or manufactured by an employee in a large country house for the owners' offspring. Some damage to several projecting edges and corners. Typically about 12 mm. in height. Contained within an attractive cylindrical, hand-turned sycamore box with domed removable lid. Decorated with a red and charcoal Continental pattern marbled enamel with a miniature bronze coin-shaped disc at the pinnacle. The inside and bottom surfaces with original olive green paint. The letters and box go well together and may well be contemporary. A few minor chips to the edges of the box and its lid.