U.S. Embossing Co Color Cubes, 36 Block Set. c. 1930s religious carving top hat at his feet

top hat at his feet

which I have learned is called “yun-de

The box is pretty beaten up but the set seems to be pretty complete

bird itself is 3/4" thick

2 3/4" wide and 2" tall and is nice and substantial

U.S. Embossing Co Color Cubes, 36 Block Set. c. 1930s religious carving top hat at his feetI can never keep sets of these in stock for long, so I scoop them up whenever I find them. And no wonder, they really are one of the best things ever made! As is typically the case, the box on these, I believe dating to the 1930s, is very worn; no real matter as one should just lay the blocks on the coffee table and never put them away. The blocks are in very good shape and the paint has aged pretty perfectly, with only pretty minor loss here and