Milton Bradley Froebel Kindergarten Blocks: Gifts 3 and 4, c. 1900 heavenly light with its dense pattern of

with its dense pattern of cuts and wounds

just because I thought the lettered cards were great looking

showing the wood underneath (easily repaired) and there is a bit of loss of lacquer around the underside edge of the lid

though I might just treat it as a beautiful object to hang--and perhaps impetus to start a collection of hanging pin cushions so as to build a whole wall of them

Milton Bradley Froebel Kindergarten Blocks: Gifts 3 and 4, c. 1900 heavenly light with its dense pattern ofThese are the first of their kind I have come across in real life, and was super excited to find them in part because they are great looking blocks sets, but especially because of their historical significance and rareness. There is a terrific website dedicated entirely to these www. froebelblocks. com from which I've lifted to the following text, written by Scott Boltman: When Friedrich Froebel established the first system for educating young