Marvelous Antique Painted House Blocks Set in Pink, Blue, Orange carved ivory pig like Color Cubes

like Color Cubes

and I might guess 1940s-50s or so

with a hole at the tip of the middle finger for hanging

in his smart brown suit

And the painterly glazing--yellow with some drippy green and purple-gray--is just right

Marvelous Antique Painted House Blocks Set in Pink, Blue, Orange carved ivory pig like Color CubesI think now favorite blocks set I've had and I've never seen another like them. That color!!! And that roof! And, though missing one side, that brick patterned blue box, too! And what a terrific looking mansion they add up to together. The pink and blue purple and black and orange paint on these is akin to that found on early German erzgebirge houses, and makes me think likely this set is German, too, but there is no mark anywhere and no label on the