Super Rare c. 1796 Hieroglyphic Bible for the Amusement & Instruction of Children (some losses) polyhedron but when I purchased this

but when I purchased this one at an antiques store in New Hampshire was told that with bristles this long it is actually a clothes brush

with alligatoring the on paint in the wing and crest

fairly sturdy condition

with another cross over the door

nice in the hand

Super Rare c. 1796 Hieroglyphic Bible for the Amusement & Instruction of Children (some losses) polyhedron but when I purchased thisI didn't know about "hieroglyphic bibles" produced in the late 1700s and making use of the rebus form (pictures replacing some of the words) as a means of introducing children to bible reading. The rarest, and first American version of these (only 4 copies are known to exist) was A Curious Hieroglyphic Bible published by Isaiah Thomas in 1788 in Worcester, MA, cited by the Library of Congress in 2012 as one of 88 "Books That Shaped America." This is