Milton Bradley Froebel Kindergarten Blocks: Gifts 3 and 4, c. 1900 heavenly light showing the wood underneath (easily

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

And a handwritten inscription - "To Edith Werling with love from Frederic

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

One sees these old carved figures around now and then

Milton Bradley Froebel Kindergarten Blocks: Gifts 3 and 4, c. 1900 heavenly light showing the wood underneath (easilyThese 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