Mrs. Robertson's Sweet Old Set of Painted Wooden Pattern Blocks in Original Jointed Box (with One Substitute) collaged ink and pencil on wood)

ink and pencil on wood) shows some wear/age/dirt

all done by hand through quite a painstaking process

with some minor rusting around the edges

and this marvelous big blue bow at center

Mrs. Robertson's Sweet Old Set of Painted Wooden Pattern Blocks in Original Jointed Box (with One Substitute) collaged ink and pencil on wood)I feel it is my duty to bring home every good and special old set of blocks I come across, especially those that are singular. These are smaller in scale than US Embossing Co. color cubes, but follow the same design, with red, white, blue and yellow solid colored sides, and then two sides of diagonal two color combinations. One block here is a substitute, colored red (looks like crayon) on all four sides; I always like finding these sorts of