Color, Pattern, Alphabet, Images: Excellent, Complete Set of 36 Blocks, Dated 1865 cream and gold from old corner mounts

from old corner mounts

Just a great little object that I would perch on a shelf to admire

and I believe this pair are probably a hundred years old at least

combining the two different lettering styles

and I don't wan't to disrupt its wholeness

Color, Pattern, Alphabet, Images: Excellent, Complete Set of 36 Blocks, Dated 1865 cream and gold from old corner mountsI've never seen these before, and they're my new favorites each of their six sides as good as the next: two sides like diagonal pattern color cubes; two sides black on red letters and numbers; and two sides black on white graphics, images (mostly animals) on one and shapes (stars, diamonds, etc) on the other. Among the last, four blocks together form a maker's mark a bit hard to read but including the name "James Harold" (which has led me nowhere) and