J.A Glaspell's A.H Andrews & Co. 1880s Cube Root Blocks Set carved boot and is structurally solid with

and is structurally solid with very little bristle loss or looseness

A happy thing

so I might just give them to yourself

but I do believe this little piece is quite old--indeed it feels ancient--and quite beautiful

J.A Glaspell's A.H Andrews & Co. 1880s Cube Root Blocks Set carved boot and is structurally solid withI'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