Very Scarce C. 1860s German Architectural Building Blocks with Hand-colored Plates modernist bowl really only visible under very

really only visible under very bright lights

and which I understand referenced life and death

36" x 1 1/2" x 1/4" and in very good condition

Part of what I love about them is indeed how open ended they are to application to all sorts of learning exercises and challenges (and made-up games I think

There's a fair amount of paint loss and cracking

Very Scarce C. 1860s German Architectural Building Blocks with Hand-colored Plates modernist bowl really only visible under veryOh how I love my blocks. And I get especially excited when I find an early and rare boxed set of wooden ones like this, complete with hand colored lithographs meant to inspire construction.(Probably there were once several more, but two remain, laid flat inside.) This is a German "Gothic Architecture" set, 1850 60, and quite a rare one; I found one closely related set in the archive of a Dutch toy dealer, but not an exact match. On the underside of