Very Much Loved Antique Set of Nesting and Stacking Cubes hindu It looks to my eye

It looks to my eye (with magnifier) like it was stencil painted then varnished over

mounted to backing paper

I purchased this barn along with three more structures from a seller in Maryland

in the year of our lord 1858

with a just a bit of an even bow to it—no matter

Very Much Loved Antique Set of Nesting and Stacking Cubes hindu It looks to my eyeI'm always happy to find an an old set of these, and this is both a very old and a very loved set, handmade of pine, with finger jointed corners, found in Adams County, PA. As with old blocks, for me the wear on old sets of nesting boxes like this is very much the thing, here the paint almost entirely worn off the facing edges, nails added to reinforce the corners of the smallest, and a replacement bottom added to the largest. Plenty of soft wear to