Color, Pattern, Alphabet, Images: Excellent, Complete Set of 36 Blocks, Dated 1865 antique folk drawing with general age and wear

with general age and wear

I'm usually finding carvings of shorebirds around here

With plenty of wear and some surface rusting

I love the combination of red shirt

Color, Pattern, Alphabet, Images: Excellent, Complete Set of 36 Blocks, Dated 1865 antique folk drawing with general age and wearI'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