1890 McLoughlin Golden Eagle Anagrams (Earliest Known Set) hunter green with an incised border and

with an incised border and gridded decoration at the corners

but it is in overall very good condition and quite a remarkable object

I love a rebus (though am not the best at solving them

printed front and back)

which I think means June 15

1890 McLoughlin Golden Eagle Anagrams (Earliest Known Set) hunter green with an incised border andA rare survivor, this I believe is, technically, the first set of Anagrams produced Milton Bradley produced a a game called "Words and Sentences" in 1885 with similar cardboard letters, but I believe McLoughlin coined the name "anagrams" with this, its first set, and copyrighted it. (Reference: The New York Historical Society). I've been on a scrabble tear lately, which these certainly laid the groundwork for, but much easier not to carry around a