Scarce J.L Hammett Co. One Hundred One Inch Kindergarten Counting Blocks ww1 A small mend or two

A small mend or two and a few very small holes in the torso

just right for completing the scene--very painterly and otherworldly feeling

and they make great paperweights

and would publish his seminal Interaction of Color in 1963

their faces veiled (I assume these women are nuns)

Scarce J.L Hammett Co. One Hundred One Inch Kindergarten Counting Blocks ww1 A small mend or twoI have a special love for all things produced by J. L Hammett Co our country's oldest school supply company, founded in Boston in 1863, and among the first to produce Froebel kindergarten materials. And while not specifically one of Froebel's Gifts, these colored counting blocks were originally labeled branded by Hammett as kindergarten material (and Milton Bradley produced a set like this too) open to many applications, from use developing skills