The Third Gift. Scarce E Steiger, NYC Late 19th Century Froebel Kindergarten Blocks hand-built 4 3/8" l x 1

4 3/8" l x 1 3/4" w x 2 1/8" t

and wire egg baskets filled with freshly gathered eggs--altogether channeling the spirit of my great grandmother

about 3/4" in diameter

Later 19th/early 20th c

and the faceted edges and angle of the other very finely done and just beautiful

The Third Gift. Scarce E Steiger, NYC Late 19th Century Froebel Kindergarten Blocks hand-built 4 3/8" l x 1It has been a while since I found a nice early set of all original Froebel kindergarten blocks, so I was especially glad to find these at a shop in Adamstown, PA. The Third Gift, a set of eight wooden cube blocks, distributed by E. Steiger & Co, 25 Park Place, NYC, late 19th century. Steiger & Co. was named for founder Ernst Steiger (October 4, 1832 August 2, 1917), a prominent German American bookseller, publisher, and bibliographer, whose business