Color, Pattern, Alphabet, Images: Excellent, Complete Set of 36 Blocks, Dated 1865 sales manual And with what I take

And with what I take for a faux-autograph at lower left

I've certainly seen a bunch of little German animals like this dog

think he showed brilliance at a very young age

a few very minor spots on

" and a framed mirror at center

Color, Pattern, Alphabet, Images: Excellent, Complete Set of 36 Blocks, Dated 1865 sales manual And with what I takeI've never seen these before, and they're my new favorites each of their six sides as good as the next: two sides like diagonal pattern color cubes; two sides black on red letters and numbers; and two sides black on white graphics, images (mostly animals) on one and shapes (stars, diamonds, etc) on the other. Among the last, four blocks together form a maker's mark a bit hard to read but including the name "James Harold" (which has led me nowhere) and