Sweet Little Set of Wooden Alphabet Blocks trompe l'oieul just great--almost iconic really--with terrific

just great--almost iconic really--with terrific aging to the paint

Initialed EMB it appears and dated 1903 at lower right

as if standing silently by

as he stares wide eyed (those blue blue eyes

and two small areas of faint yellowish spotting

Sweet Little Set of Wooden Alphabet Blocks trompe l'oieul just great--almost iconic really--with terrificWhat I especially like about this old set of little wooden blocks is the subtlety of the embossed letters on them, just a shade lighter than the blocks themselves, and also how much the font used reminds me of antique cut bone letters, which from what I understand were an early took for teaching spelling in school. Here we've got A Z plus an extra G and D, I assume a nod to GOD (or maybe Good!) The other sides of the blocks are blank one side ribbed,