Toy: Set of nesting boxes from Calcutta

Toy: Set of nesting boxes from Calcutta

Toy: Set of nesting boxes from Calcutta One of a set of five cylindrical, painted, wooden nesting boxes with lids brought back from Calcutta by Captain Henry A. Starrett in 1875. One set is broken and incomplete. This set has eleven round wooden cylinders each painted a different color. Third from smallest container may be missing as well as the lid of the second smallest container. Next to largest container has a broken lid (green) Donors are great, great granddaughters of Capt. Starrett 2006.0007.002.001-.011