The bowl of the spoon features a lightly carved flower and vine pattern on both front and back
) masks at the estate sale of a gallerist and incredible collector
This old carved crocodile appears to me to have been carefully crayoned green
Mugs measure about 3 7/8" across (give or take
It has lost some of its original gold paint here and there
Set of 20 Beautiful 19th C. Milton Bradley Alphabet / Animal Blocks wrapped iron tool The bowl of the spoonI believe these blocks were from an early set made by Milton Bradley, late 19th century, which came in a wooden box labeled "Alphabet and Kindergarten Building Blocks." (Milton Bradley was an early producer of Kindergarten materials, including early Froebel Kindergarten blocks.) They are rare ones, and while this is not a complete alphabet, and there are dupes of D,Q, and W, I think they're super beautiful. Letters on one side, animals on the other,