More Beautifully Worn Old Color Cubes - 25 Block Set modern salt and pepper clean slice off the front

clean slice off the front of her base

A little wear along the left edge and small bump to the bottom right corner but overall very good condition

Part of what I think makes it great is its utter impracticality--this thing weighs about 10 pounds

Some crazing to the glaze but very good good condition

so know for sure they date to the late 1800s--and of course the British Museum should have them

More Beautifully Worn Old Color Cubes - 25 Block Set modern salt and pepper clean slice off the frontOne 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 really lovely, clearly played with quite a lot, with consistent 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 is one cube that shows a little loss on 2 adjacent