Terrific, Large 19th C. Building Blocks Set with Wonderful Box Lid Repairs wooden kit minor dings and a few

minor dings and a few white paint spots here and there (the paint seems like it could be scraped off if desired)

but just the right size to be a cat cushion

The stain is definitely original to the piece and has aged to yield a really wonderful surface with mustard yellow undertones

and it seems to be quite a rare one--an early trade card for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co

with its dramatically twisting handle

Terrific, Large 19th C. Building Blocks Set with Wonderful Box Lid Repairs wooden kit minor dings and a fewI leapt for this large huge blocks set before I even opened the box just look at those repairs to the lid, turning it into a patchwork quilt of sorts, and succeeding very very well in holding it together for the long term! These old slide lids with heavy blocks inside are notorious for splitting, but if only they all were given such love along the way as this I think we'd see a lot more sets still together. Clearly someone really cherished these, and