C. 1920s-40s Hand-painted, Double-sided Letter Blocks sewing tool from the finished glass legs

from the finished glass legs on their backsides

so of course I had to grab this very early -c

but it's a bit hard to tell

or metaphorically trapped underground (closeted) and about to come out

This one is is signed and dated (1851 it looks to me

C. 1920s-40s Hand-painted, Double-sided Letter Blocks sewing tool from the finished glass legsThese blocks were individually hand painted by someone pretty great at painting letters. Only a partial set, but double sided yellow on red on one side, white on red on the other, with double letters for VX and YZ. I consider them a puzzle or challenge of sorts, inviting one to see how many different words and combinations of words one can make with them. They also feel very carnivalesque to me, and that excellent "O" alone sold me on them. Each