Milton Bradley Froebel Kindergarten Blocks: Gift 5, c. 1900, 25 Block Set farmhouse vase 3 1/8" tall x 1

3 1/8" tall x 1 1/2" wide x 1" thick

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with a little paint loss around the edges and a small ding or smudge here and there

with its terrific orange and dark blue banded Art Deco style decoration against green body

which shows several prior attempts to get it right before turning it over to try again is

Milton Bradley Froebel Kindergarten Blocks: Gift 5, c. 1900, 25 Block Set farmhouse vase 3 1/8" tall x 1I've been lucky enough to find a few sets of these wonderful antique Froebel "Gift" Blocks (all from one seller at a shop of frequent, who seems to be doling them out one by one) but this is a larger "Gift 5" set of 25 square blocks, produced by Milton Bradley c. 1900. I'm always super excited to find them in part because they are great looking blocks sets, but especially because of their historical significance and rareness. (I can't find any other