J.A Glaspell's A.H Andrews & Co. 1880s Cube Root Blocks Set unusual stool with a few small

with a few small

Blocks are in good shape overall

dry measure

It’s the poetics of the text on this one that does it for me

but at least one that appears to be pewter (the boar is especially heavy)

J.A Glaspell's A.H Andrews & Co. 1880s Cube Root Blocks Set unusual stool with a few smallI've only found one other set out there like this, held in the collection of Brandeis University. A. H Andrews & Co, which made it, was founded in 1865, primarily as a furniture company making school and office furniture, but they also produced slates, erasers, maps and charts, drawing instruction books and related materials, including geometric solids and this set of blocks, which I found featured in an 1881 catalogue. The company went bankrupt in