The Little Joiner, Very Scarce Late 19th C. German Made Construction Set hail stones no other chips or cracks

no other chips or cracks or losses

or else an assortment of trinkets collected on various travels

Plus this wonderful profusion of greenery and flowers at her feet--really quite a vision

then proceeds to page after page filled with juicy repeated words (banishment

The Little Joiner, Very Scarce Late 19th C. German Made Construction Set hail stones no other chips or cracksI can find no record of this existence of this toy construction set out there anywhere, which sold me on the lid of the box alone. And it would not surprise me if very few sets were produced, as it is not exactly user friendly I can't imagine young hands (or any hands!) having a lot of success building complex structures with these. But, it seems a significant predecessor to many others (tinker toys for an example) and also very aligned with Froebel's