Red, Blue, Green, Orange: Excellent Set of Twelve Old Wooden Rattle Blocks colored thread Their fronts show five layers

Their fronts show five layers of stacked chip carved wood at the corners

looking quintessentially Down East Maine to me

but I'm content to take it at much patinated face value

This drawing seems to have taken a little water at some point

Formally and associatively quite a delicate feeling thing

Red, Blue, Green, Orange: Excellent Set of Twelve Old Wooden Rattle Blocks colored thread Their fronts show five layersI found a partial set of wooden rattle blocks like these a few years ago, so I knew what they were when I spotted a box full from a distance at a flea market in PA and I made a dash for them.. I have not figured out the maker, but they have a very similar feel to the old sets of primary color nesting stacking cubes I am also forever hunting for. And are equally fun to arrange! I believe 1930s 1940s. Constructed of wood with hollow interiors and