Smiling Bright Eyed Pottery Kid mcfalls sign 1900 Milton Bradley Kindergarten Blocks

1900 Milton Bradley Kindergarten Blocks sets designed by Friedrich Froebel

just large enough to stick the tip of a pen or pencil inside

I realized after photographing it (at 2x magnification) that the recesses between feathers need a little scrub

I just love the spiky black leaves on these blue and purple branches

and those wonderful little wings

Smiling Bright Eyed Pottery Kid mcfalls sign 1900 Milton Bradley Kindergarten BlocksI pulled this guy out of a box filled with pinch pots and the like, I think mostly the work of the child of a potter though perhaps there was a little collaboration involved on the painted face of this one. A few pots in the box were dated from 1991, so think this is about that age. I imagine it delivering greetings like "good morning!" everytime I look at it, and it seems pretty much like the pure embodiment of a hug! 4 3 4" t x 2 3 4" w x 2" d and