Two Marvelous Old Painted Wooden Folk Art Stacking Toys lidded copper box On the back of each

On the back of each card is an explanation of each illusion

Bone had a great line and terrific sense of humor--which this pen and ink drawing animating a Victorian wicker reclining chair cut from an old catalog wonderfully exemplifies

There is a bit of writing on the plastic over the interior flaps of the cover as documented

which is essentially the same as pick-up sticks)

in what I think's a pretty great design

Two Marvelous Old Painted Wooden Folk Art Stacking Toys lidded copper box On the back of eachPure joy to find these two this weekend; I love a stacking toy, and more so an old handmade one, better yet a pair, and better still one of them which is really quite ingenious in its construction and the manual dexterity challenges it presents (as well as the creative possibilities for configuration it allows)! It's the one on the right that is the unusual one, with a series of staggered cross bars on the post with correspondingly shaped cutouts at