Excellent Old Handmade Lead Ciphering Dial! carved wooden woman Earlyish 20th century I believe

Earlyish 20th century I believe and in great condition

perhaps a bit like rummy

7 5/8" t x 2 1/8" d and in very good condition

including along the edges of the exterior

3" in diameter x 2 3/4" t and in good condition

Excellent Old Handmade Lead Ciphering Dial! carved wooden woman Earlyish 20th century I believeI love this thing. The wonderful dealer I purchased it from (an artist who loves curious little things like this as much as I do) thought it along the lines of a cracker jack box ciphering wheel decoder, and I think that's right, creating a correspondence between numbers and letters, which one could use for writing, or deciphering, messages written in secret code. The center dial turns, and is incised with lines, as is the outer disk. So one course,