J.A Glaspell's A.H Andrews & Co. 1880s Cube Root Blocks Set erzgebirge house with these great brownish (with

with these great brownish (with a touch of pinkness) swirls plus a star in a band around the top

8 1/4” tall x 5 1/2” wide

and also just love good words

This is one of three 5" x 7" glass plate negatives in the shop capturing arrangements of roses in various settings

it's an old stair baluster into which little faces were carved on both sides of one end

J.A Glaspell's A.H Andrews & Co. 1880s Cube Root Blocks Set erzgebirge house with these great brownish (withI'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