Excellent Vintage Vermont Toy Works Number Blocks for Math Learning (and Much More!) realist but it was originally created

but it was originally created (in the second half of the 19th century I believe) to house a cricket

and with a nice warm patina (I have not touched it)

) but it could also be used for grabbing cocktail sized ice cubes

and think they would look very beautiful lined up together like sculptures on a shelf

Excellent Vintage Vermont Toy Works Number Blocks for Math Learning (and Much More!) realist but it was originally createdI really love the design of these vintage blocks, made by the Vermont Toy Works company. On one side are numerical numbers, on the flip side the numbers spelled out, and the other two sides are blanks. Set in their wooden tray, all columns are forced to add up to ten, so they're great for learning teaching some basic math and proportions, but I love them from a design play standpoint so many possibilities. I could have played around with these for a