Excellent Antique Modernist (Very Froebel-esque) Handmade Wooden Boxed Cube Puzzle folk art construction The backside reveals that it

The backside reveals that it was likely made by a Leonard Aturill Story (whose father

and I love how the "berries" at either end are cut in half

With lovely ash splint curls and woven sweet grass handle on the lid

I was sold on these blocks before I even opened the box: first for the great lithographed graphics on the lid

with pointy tip at the bottom--are just terrific

Excellent Antique Modernist (Very Froebel-esque) Handmade Wooden Boxed Cube Puzzle folk art construction The backside reveals that itI've found that the more times I shop Brimfield, the more I've become inclined to almost exclusively purchase little things that will easily fit in my bag (I seem to have gotten quite lazy about heavy schlepping) and particularly small things delivering unexpected delights that are easily overlooked by others who are moving faster across the fields. Like this handmade boxed puzzle cube which evinces both Froebel's kindergarten "Gifts" of boxed blocks