Set of 21 Large Handmade, Hand-colored Paper Litho on Wood Alphabet Blocks, c. Mid 19th Century american set design The effect really feels rather

The effect really feels rather holy to me

1788—the same year the U

with wonderful carved details

so a bit of taping/papering/nailing to secure it would be wise

which in this case feels very much all of a piece with it

Set of 21 Large Handmade, Hand-colored Paper Litho on Wood Alphabet Blocks, c. Mid 19th Century american set design The effect really feels ratherAs I too often am sorry to say, photos do no justice at all to these blocks, which have an old light varnish finish over top, so are hard to shoot details give a somewhat better sense, and there is a whole lot of charm in the details here! Terrific imagery, terrific words, with the face of each handmade block a hand colored print, I think likely paper cut from an early children's picture alphabet book then mounted to the hand cut wooden blocks. (I can