Rare, Unusual Early Rubber Alphabet Blocks antique paper sampler whose uniform places her in

whose uniform places her in the 1910s or so

yellow and pinkish birds -- one on each side of the vase -- at first seem more like abstract passages than figurative forms

walls perhaps painted a deep burgundy and hung with dozens of antique dog portraits in gilded frames

darker on one side toward the tail

come to dust

Rare, Unusual Early Rubber Alphabet Blocks antique paper sampler whose uniform places her inI think these are way cool, and great looking, and I have never seen, and can't find, another set like them. They're made of rubber, which is pretty firm but a little squishy too, with embossed letters and numbers on all sides. I love the bleed on the green especially, and the crusty surface of the rubber all over and they sit in a great old box holder made of wood from old crates, joined with fat nails and I'm sure made for them long ago. Definitely