More Beautifully Worn Old Color Cubes - 25 Block Set mending sampler " made well into the

" made well into the 20th century and used to separate rice grains from husks

with a great patina of stains and scuffs and paint spatters

and from top of the hanger to the tip of their toes is 9"

The backs of these terrific old tramp art frames--late 19th or early 20th century I believe--are almost as great as their fronts

and a couple of pretty minor surface scratches on the seascape aside as pictured

More Beautifully Worn Old Color Cubes - 25 Block Set mending sampler " made well into theOne set out, another set inmore Color Cubes! I can't resist them, and believe one can never have too many. I'm picky about the ones I like though, and these are lovely, clearly played with quite a lot, with softening to the edges of the paint giving an almost ethereal feeling to whatever pattern one forms with them. 25 cubes, measuring 1 1 16" cubed. Original box missing. There are two cubes I see that show a little wood loss, as pictured; otherwise