Holgate c. 1940s Wooden Stacking "Tree" copper caddy which grew and derived its

which grew and derived its name from the ‘Shona’ people's long tradition of stone working

rare deal--a complete original set of 18 with gold foil stamp on one of the red blocks

based on the style of their clothing and the really nice patina to the dry wood

with some paint loss as pictured

except the green B which measures 10 x 7 3/8 x 1/4”

Holgate c. 1940s Wooden Stacking "Tree" copper caddy which grew and derived itsSo many great variations on the classic rainbow colored stacking toy, and this is both an early one and a cool one, with one longer and narrower block meant to represent the trunk of a tree, on top of which the rest of the rounds stack. It of course does not need to be configured this way, and the "trunk" in combination with the other disks makes for arrangements that I think are especially sculptural and 1940s modern looking! 7 1 2" tall x 3 5 8" in