Nice Early 16 Block Color Cubes Set in Original Box general store photo like a puffer fish blowing

like a puffer fish blowing up

or to salute

then a nice fat braid across the top for a handle

7 3/8" x 9"

I love a nice abacus

Nice Early 16 Block Color Cubes Set in Original Box general store photo like a puffer fish blowingNo matter how many sets of these I find, I always fall in love with them each time just perfect design. This is an early set, with wood framed bottom box, and, as usual, the top of the box falling apart, in this case with a whole history of reinforcements evident, including a combination of white tape and hand stitching. The colors on these early ones are the best, with the yellow more of a mustard, and the blue near black. The blocks themselves here