The Third Gift. Scarce E Steiger, NYC Late 19th Century Froebel Kindergarten Blocks Chinese scene The banners of the upper

The banners of the upper left card together read "Cards / Written / To Order

content to treat it as a great looking little modernist sculpture with a secret

I  love this thing

It is most commonly a left tooth

combined with the sense of vulnerability embedded in the act of exposing that leg

The Third Gift. Scarce E Steiger, NYC Late 19th Century Froebel Kindergarten Blocks Chinese scene The banners of the upperIt has been a while since I found a nice early set of all original Froebel kindergarten blocks, so I was especially glad to find these at a shop in Adamstown, PA. The Third Gift, a set of eight wooden cube blocks, distributed by E. Steiger & Co, 25 Park Place, NYC, late 19th century. Steiger & Co. was named for founder Ernst Steiger (October 4, 1832 August 2, 1917), a prominent German American bookseller, publisher, and bibliographer, whose business