Early 20th C. Alphabet Sewing Cards Japanese school book 5 3/16" t x 4

5 3/16" t x 4 9/16" w in frame

Antique color lithograph

This set of 25 cards is the complete Optical Illusions series issued

Based on the scale and nail at the front of the rolling base

is made of carved water buffalo horn

Early 20th C. Alphabet Sewing Cards Japanese school book 5 3/16" t x 4Maybe Milton Bradley, maybe some other company producing learning materials for kindergarten, I'm not sure as I have not turned up another set of alphabet sewing lacing cards like these, which I believe likely date to the 1920s or. Whatever the case, I'll never resist a good alphabet, and love the color of the thread used on these, and the combination of the capital and lower case letters, and the way Us and Vs and W's are partially lost, and the XYZs