More Antique Milton Bradley Kindergarten Blocks - Set of 25 Squares German pottery from cocktail parties to serving

from cocktail parties to serving as a fun alternative to coin tosses or Rock Paper Scissors for settling all sorts of matters

One of the founders of modern calligraphy

) I love the little face near the top

Persimmon: 2 9/16" t x 2 3/4" wide

Tabletop chests like these were also often "apprentice chests

More Antique Milton Bradley Kindergarten Blocks - Set of 25 Squares German pottery from cocktail parties to servingThere is a dealer in a group shop I frequent who has been unloading these old Milton Bradley Froebel blocks one box at a time, and I just can't resist them. The label on this set is almost entirely worn away, but there's just enough to see Kindergarten, Gift, and Milton Bradley. And on another side of the finger jointed box, in pen on masking tape: "Mrs. Knowles", who was surely the kindergarten teacher who used these in her classroom. Inside are 25