U.S. Embossing Co Color Cubes, 36 Block Set. c. 1930s fan Leonard and Teresa A

Leonard and Teresa A

the dog itself is color litho printed on cardboard then adhered to both sides of a piece of wood

6 5/16" across at rim

and certainly it bears a strong resemblance to the iconic folk art lion of John Bell (1800–1880) from the Shenandoah Valley

as I found one

U.S. Embossing Co Color Cubes, 36 Block Set. c. 1930s fan Leonard and Teresa AI can never keep sets of these in stock for long, so I scoop them up whenever I find them. And no wonder, they really are one of the best things ever made! As is typically the case, the box on these, I believe dating to the 1930s, is very worn; no real matter as one should just lay the blocks on the coffee table and never put them away. The blocks are in very good shape and the paint has aged pretty perfectly, with only pretty minor loss here and