Early O'Brien Brothers Tobacco Box Filled with Color Cube Blocks (Set of 49) Quisgaard for Dansk then page after page of

then page after page of good (and pretty) words getting progressively longer and more sophisticated as one goes along

but have since learned there is a long history of vessels like this--the earliest example British and dating back to the 1300s--with holes around the lip

This is one of my favorite carved figure I've found

the interior reveals original color

If laid on the ground

Early O'Brien Brothers Tobacco Box Filled with Color Cube Blocks (Set of 49) Quisgaard for Dansk then page after page ofExcellent all the way around, this is a nice old set of 49 color cubes housed in a great old O'Brien Brothers tobacco cigar box, which reads "success is evidence of merit" along the latching front. Great color and character inside and out, including royal blue and gold paper label on the underside of the hinged lid with "gold medal" logo featuring a terrific woman's face in profile. A super box on its own, and of course I think color cubes are the