Posted 14 years ago
pawis
(50 items)
I found this toy in the same estate sale where I found the Krom's car.
This cubes has the alphabet in Cyrillic, Greek, etc, and a kind of puzzle.
I tried to find out if this object is in sale yet, but I found nothing.
Just that there is a toy like this in the Chicago Library.
Interesting that this alphabet is a different color.
On the puzzle one comes 2 cubes with the legend: SCULPTURES-JEUX PARIS and les alphabets mediterraneens
Is is a collectible or just a toy????
Very nice and is collectible ! Nice find . I would not let kids play with it . And PS paint is most apt to be lead based . A great display piece also ! Love it
Thanks Manikin, I got it for 5, it was expensive for me, but something in it, really attracted to me!!!
Not sure it is real old but it is unique conversation piece for sure . Love it :-)
Check out Cuneiform (one of the earliest forms of written expression) for the "puzzle".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform
A time without paper meant that it was incised into clay tablets either with small rollers or a wooden tool/pen.
Then you could re-organise the blocks into their meaningful shape.
Thanks vetraio50..... It is great!!!!