Excellent Antique Modernist (Very Froebel-esque) Handmade Wooden Boxed Cube Puzzle folk art construction but I am pretty certain

but I am pretty certain it is carved of ivory and really a sweet little object

though its scale is exactly right

feeling as if transcending time and place

I was sold on these blocks before I even opened the box: first for the great lithographed graphics on the lid

with pointy tip at the bottom--are just terrific

Excellent Antique Modernist (Very Froebel-esque) Handmade Wooden Boxed Cube Puzzle folk art construction but I am pretty certainI've found that the more times I shop Brimfield, the more I've become inclined to almost exclusively purchase little things that will easily fit in my bag (I seem to have gotten quite lazy about heavy schlepping) and particularly small things delivering unexpected delights that are easily overlooked by others who are moving faster across the fields. Like this handmade boxed puzzle cube which evinces both Froebel's kindergarten "Gifts" of boxed blocks