Sportettes! Fun Graphics, Very Scarce c. 1920s British "Ice Breaker" Card Game carving target better known as Miss Love

better known as Miss Love

It features an interior lid as well

while the box shows some wear around the edges and two thin surface cuts on the top of the box

though these erasers were also branded for use by dry cleaners

The diagonal lines carved into the eyes make it feel especially as if staring straight at

Sportettes! Fun Graphics, Very Scarce c. 1920s British "Ice Breaker" Card Game carving target better known as Miss LoveThis set of "Sportette" cards was produced by the Scottish publishing company Valentine & Sons, Ltd., best known for topographical postcards, but which also produced parlor games, novelty cards, and miniature sports sets. I guess the point of this "ice breaker" game was to identify the sport for which the piece of equipment pictured was associated. (And maybe then to go one to play the sport this card game just breaking the ice!) I really like the