Very Scarce C. 1860s German Architectural Building Blocks with Hand-colored Plates lacquered papier mache snuff box This seems to have begun

This seems to have begun its life in 1853 as an E

Late 60s/early 70s I would think

43" long x 20" wide

I am just completely charmed by it

) This one is eight sided

Very Scarce C. 1860s German Architectural Building Blocks with Hand-colored Plates lacquered papier mache snuff box This seems to have begunOh how I love my blocks. And I get especially excited when I find an early and rare boxed set of wooden ones like this, complete with hand colored lithographs meant to inspire construction.(Probably there were once several more, but two remain, laid flat inside.) This is a German "Gothic Architecture" set, 1850 60, and quite a rare one; I found one closely related set in the archive of a Dutch toy dealer, but not an exact match. On the underside of