Terrific, Large 19th C. Building Blocks Set with Wonderful Box Lid Repairs wooden kit A lot of years on

A lot of years on her for sure

and it seems to be quite a rare one--an early trade card for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co

I especially love the gold-painted curlicue border around this one

all drawers open and close with ease

with its dramatically twisting handle

Terrific, Large 19th C. Building Blocks Set with Wonderful Box Lid Repairs wooden kit A lot of years onI leapt for this large huge blocks set before I even opened the box just look at those repairs to the lid, turning it into a patchwork quilt of sorts, and succeeding very very well in holding it together for the long term! These old slide lids with heavy blocks inside are notorious for splitting, but if only they all were given such love along the way as this I think we'd see a lot more sets still together. Clearly someone really cherished these, and