Set of 20 Beautiful 19th C. Milton Bradley Alphabet / Animal Blocks tramp art large box I know for sure that

I know for sure that it was very skillfully made

with a little wear and aging to the paint

This and the rest from what I understand came from a  sketchbook of drawings she did in the 1930s or so

and love it for its great gestural drama--inherent to the porcelain figurine that is its subject

and with hand-painted text that

Set of 20 Beautiful 19th C. Milton Bradley Alphabet / Animal Blocks tramp art large box I know for sure thatI believe these blocks were from an early set made by Milton Bradley, late 19th century, which came in a wooden box labeled "Alphabet and Kindergarten Building Blocks." (Milton Bradley was an early producer of Kindergarten materials, including early Froebel Kindergarten blocks.) They are rare ones, and while this is not a complete alphabet, and there are dupes of D,Q, and W, I think they're super beautiful. Letters on one side, animals on the other,