Antique Painted House Blocks Set By Unknown Maker in Original Box wayang kulit puppet and would make a pretty

and would make a pretty great knock down to lob a ball at

The numbers/letters are carved/ incised

with the dates on either short end of this one suggesting it took three years to finish

but no other made by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Co

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Antique Painted House Blocks Set By Unknown Maker in Original Box wayang kulit puppet and would make a prettyI've had one other set clearly by the same maker as these, housed in the just the same type of cornflower blue painted box though those in a different palette, and with some different components; who the maker was I have no idea! They are most definitely scarce ones, and pretty much nothing I love more than gloriously colorful blocks with great graphic appeal especially with windows painted on them, allowing for the creation of vast grids. Lots of