U.S. Embossing Co Color Cubes, 36 Block Set. c. 1930s fan "Nais Serpentina

"Nais Serpentina

and certainly it bears a strong resemblance to the iconic folk art lion of John Bell (1800–1880) from the Shenandoah Valley

what a fantastic old wooden box

as I found one

hollow inside

U.S. Embossing Co Color Cubes, 36 Block Set. c. 1930s fan "Nais SerpentinaI can never keep sets of these in stock for long, so I scoop them up whenever I find them. And no wonder, they really are one of the best things ever made! As is typically the case, the box on these, I believe dating to the 1930s, is very worn; no real matter as one should just lay the blocks on the coffee table and never put them away. The blocks are in very good shape and the paint has aged pretty perfectly, with only pretty minor loss here and