Magic Dots for Little Tots, 1907, The Spaulbar Co., Rhode Island, Six Card Set art glass handkerchief vase and the thickly laid paint

and the thickly laid paint that makes it quite visceral—you can just feel the scraping of the palette knife on the creamy white roofs of the house/barn

3 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

both completed by a A

her body is constructed like a pillow

and is annotated with pencil throughout

Magic Dots for Little Tots, 1907, The Spaulbar Co., Rhode Island, Six Card Set art glass handkerchief vase and the thickly laid paintThere is a dealer at a shop I frequent in New Hampshire who I believe spent her whole life collecting antique toys and games; occasionally I hit the shop just right and come home with a small trove of good ones this is one of four boxes from her listed today. Milton Bradley is better known for producing these "Magic Dots for Little Tots" but this set was produced by The Spaulbar Co. of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, who declared a 1907 patent. Instructions