Scarce Complete c. 1860s Hill's No. 12 Kindergarten Alphabet Blocks Set with Plain and Cursive Letters vintage Childs abacus and I'd guess this one

and I'd guess this one dates to the mid-20th century or so

perhaps during an addition to the house

10" x 7" oil on canvas-covered artist board

shape and size

Scarce Complete c. 1860s Hill's No. 12 Kindergarten Alphabet Blocks Set with Plain and Cursive Letters vintage Childs abacus and I'd guess this oneGorgeous, and useful too. This is a scarce, early (c. 1860s), complete set of Hill's Alphabet blocks especially rare for showing three iterations of each letter on the face of each block: upper and lower case cursive plus upper case block letter in between. (And I will admit that I as if a child of five or six myself have found them useful this week as reference tools in helping me decipher some 19th c. handwriting!) This is a complete set, A through