Ideal Primary Pegboard with Colorful Wooden Pegs large lidded crock perhaps done in art/illustration school

perhaps done in art/illustration school in the 50s or so--I can take or leave most drawings of that sort

to reveal the white body beneath

with the card "penciled and drawn by Eddie himself"

including in Haydenville

Made in Japan

Ideal Primary Pegboard with Colorful Wooden Pegs large lidded crock perhaps done in art/illustration schoolThough not designed by Froebel, these were most definitely influenced by his kindergarten Gifts and very much in line with them, produced by Ideal School Supply Co of Chicago as an educational toy, encouraging color and pattern recognition, counting, creative play, and as well as cultivating manual dexterity. To very pretty effect! 1910s 20s I believe. Wooden peg board measures 5 13 16" x 5 7 8". The board shows some light surface splitting along the