Abraham Schultz 1858 Fraktur Drawing of Birds, Fish, Squirrel hackman fraction learner ) would make disappear

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My guess is that this piece dates to the second half of the 19th century--based both upon looking at a lot of other wooden pull toys

exemplify a really distinctive

book plate and illustrations to frame and complement the text

and just a fabulous object to have around

Abraham Schultz 1858 Fraktur Drawing of Birds, Fish, Squirrel hackman fraction learner ) would make disappearTo my eye, this is about as good as it gets, perhaps the tail of that blue squirrel most of all! and a perfect example of why fraktur style ink and watercolors are such cherished and collected things. On the reverse it is signed by a David Schultz in blue ink and dated 1860 (along with numbers running 1 9 first forwards then backwards) suggesting perhaps that its maker was in fact David and perhaps that it was made to mark the birth or life of