This complete double six set of 28 I believe date from the 1880s are so
10 inches long x 6 3/4" tall x 4 1/4" wide
when they were used to shape arrow shafts--occupy a space between chisels and planes
Giraffe measures 2 7/8" t x 2 7/8" l
and which I especially appreciate for the differences among them
Bluebirds Over Heart Inside Garland, 19th C. Watercolor with Embossed Gold Foil Diecuts wood block This complete double six setA lovely, happy thing, surely made as a token of love or friendship, with this pair of crossed bluebirds over blue heart suggesting a very "true blue" bond. And then an embossed foil die cut that looks to me like a boy pouring oil into a lantern, so, one presumes, to keep the flame forever burning. And a harp and horns, too! All wrapped up in a watercolored flowering garland. True love forever, so nice. Framed, as found, in a period frame. 3rd quarter