Color, Pattern, Alphabet, Images: Excellent, Complete Set of 36 Blocks, Dated 1865 cream and gold and I believe this pair

and I believe this pair are probably a hundred years old at least

just so (itself a good exercise in problem solving

and I don't wan't to disrupt its wholeness

combining the two different lettering styles

12 x 10 3/8 x 5 1/4 and in very good structural condition

Color, Pattern, Alphabet, Images: Excellent, Complete Set of 36 Blocks, Dated 1865 cream and gold and I believe this pairI've never seen these before, and they're my new favorites each of their six sides as good as the next: two sides like diagonal pattern color cubes; two sides black on red letters and numbers; and two sides black on white graphics, images (mostly animals) on one and shapes (stars, diamonds, etc) on the other. Among the last, four blocks together form a maker's mark a bit hard to read but including the name "James Harold" (which has led me nowhere) and