J.A Glaspell's A.H Andrews & Co. 1880s Cube Root Blocks Set unusual stool plus 15 Easterbrook 788 oval

plus 15 Easterbrook 788 oval points

just 2 1/4 inches tall

super bright and clear

Blocks are in good shape overall

The watercolored rounds representing progressively diminished color intensities are paper cutouts

J.A Glaspell's A.H Andrews & Co. 1880s Cube Root Blocks Set unusual stool plus 15 Easterbrook 788 ovalI've only found one other set out there like this, held in the collection of Brandeis University. A. H Andrews & Co, which made it, was founded in 1865, primarily as a furniture company making school and office furniture, but they also produced slates, erasers, maps and charts, drawing instruction books and related materials, including geometric solids and this set of blocks, which I found featured in an 1881 catalogue. The company went bankrupt in