Victorian Wooden Animal Litho Blocks Set with Poems on Backs bell And this box

And this box

I purchased this and two similar (but wonderfully different

Signed by a Linda Hyda and dating to the 1930s-1940s

but did not take it all the way out as I was afraid of tearing the painting

Victorian Wooden Animal Litho Blocks Set with Poems on Backs bell And this boxI haven't found an exact match out there for this set of blocks, but certainly they are Victorian era, my guess is 1880s or so. Though the paper litho is very well worn, I think they're really lovely, and most of the animals on the fronts can still be distinguished. And then on the backs are clever rhymes for each, i. e: The porcupine is two feet long, Covered with quills both sharp and strong. Which guard its body like a fence of moving darts in