Milton Bradley Froebel Kindergarten Materials Catalog, 1896 vintage signed Japanese fan he's got a nice weight--no

he's got a nice weight--no falling off the wall for this one

And what lovely cups to begin with too

mounted to a heavy metal base with a hammered pattern

The carved "egg and dart" border seems a knowing nod to the ancient Greeks as well

Milton Bradley Froebel Kindergarten Materials Catalog, 1896 vintage signed Japanese fan he's got a nice weight--noThis was really fun to find and, for someone like me obsessed with Froebel kindergarten, it reads like a wish list of one thing after another I am forever hoping to find, including all of the Froebel "Gifts": blocks and parquetry sets, ruled slates, sticks and rings for laying, papers for weaving and folding, perforated cards for yarn drawing, etc. Pages and pages detailing all of the different colors of varieties of paper available, and all of the