Scarce and Prized First Generation (1930) Engraved Bakelite White on Black Backgammon Doubling Cube Oculus which I really like for

which I really like for the form of the shoe

and the pressed leaves and flowers and stems are very well preserved

and also the parallel with antique tintype copies of earlier photos

A little minor surface scratching here and there

Scarce and Prized First Generation (1930) Engraved Bakelite White on Black Backgammon Doubling Cube Oculus which I really like for2,4,8,16,32,64. Though clearly a (very excellent looking) die, with each side a mathematical doubling of the next, I did not know exactly what this was when I found it. Didn't take long to learn that die like this were and are made for use in backgammon specifically for raising (doubling) the stakes in a game. I've learned with a bit of research that the first doubling cubes were introduced in 1930, and this is an iconic very early example, perhaps