Lovely Collection of Three Early 19th C. Carved Bone Teetotem (Game Spinners) stone fruit bruised peach I can't figure out anything

I can't figure out anything this could be other than a branding iron

Of course I'd probably forgo actually playing Parcheesi and just make up my own game to play with them

and with the faces of the letters aged to the most excellent color of Creamsicle

a couple of minor hairline surface cracks in the bone

though I do notice his penmanship goes somewhat downhill rather than getting better as he progresses through this stack of exercises

Lovely Collection of Three Early 19th C. Carved Bone Teetotem (Game Spinners) stone fruit bruised peach I can't figure out anythingI have always wanted one of these so what a thing to find three together! They are early 19th century bone "teetotems" used for games, including "put and take," essentially like dice. Two of these are eight sided, the white one six sided, and all of them spin brilliantly, like tops. (Pure pleasure setting them spinning, and all sorts of games one might play with them.) Possibly sailor made, possibly prisoner of war, it is hard to know for sure, but