Set of 20 Beautiful 19th C. Milton Bradley Alphabet / Animal Blocks unique tramp art box Signed at lower left but

Signed at lower left but difficult to read

I am not sure if the slide-top box I found them in was made custom for them

Like this wonderful spotted coach or carriage dog (trained to trot alongside a carriage to protect the occupants)

simply being an early naive or "primitive" watercolor drawing

which is a whole world unto itself

Set of 20 Beautiful 19th C. Milton Bradley Alphabet / Animal Blocks unique tramp art box Signed at lower left butI believe these blocks were from an early set made by Milton Bradley, late 19th century, which came in a wooden box labeled "Alphabet and Kindergarten Building Blocks." (Milton Bradley was an early producer of Kindergarten materials, including early Froebel Kindergarten blocks.) They are rare ones, and while this is not a complete alphabet, and there are dupes of D,Q, and W, I think they're super beautiful. Letters on one side, animals on the other,