Milton Bradley Froebel Kindergarten Materials Catalog, 1896 shoe shaped I just can't resist things

I just can't resist things like this that feel so invested with love and effort--right down to perching a little brown bee (I think it is) on the petals of the big green flower

but not tiny: 4" t x 3 5/8" w x 3/4" d

The original sticker on the back of this box is worn off

it seems in no jeopardy of coming apart

a perfect desk object with a surprise

Milton Bradley Froebel Kindergarten Materials Catalog, 1896 shoe shaped I just can't resist thingsThis was really fun to find and, for someone like me obsessed with Froebel kindergarten, it reads like a wish list of one thing after another I am forever hoping to find, including all of the Froebel "Gifts": blocks and parquetry sets, ruled slates, sticks and rings for laying, papers for weaving and folding, perforated cards for yarn drawing, etc. Pages and pages detailing all of the different colors of varieties of paper available, and all of the