Rare Embossing Co Angle Design Blocks, 1930s heating stone box Sold in the mellow gold

Sold in the mellow gold painted wooden frame I found it in

) I love the very long points

When I found this little clay fertility doll I had no idea quite what she was or where she came from

but the wood is thick enough to get a good grip on from the sides in order to print

most likely Caribou I think

Rare Embossing Co Angle Design Blocks, 1930s heating stone box Sold in the mellow goldI am forever looking at, and for, old sets of blocks of interesting design, but I have never ever seen another of this particular set, produced by The Embossing Co. of Albany, NY, which also produced the much better known and widely distributed Color Cubes. I have found one reference out there to another set similar to these with the same basic box, but for "Curve Design" rather than "Angle Design" blocks, and dated to the mid 1930s. A writer about