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The Sawyer Sunday Blocks

ca. 1890
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Wood, cardboard, paper
Container (box): 3 × 8 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (7.6 × 21.6 × 23.5 cm)
The Liman Collection
2000.277
Description"The Sawyer Sunday Blocks" twenty-four paper covered wooden blocks chromolithographed with forty-eight episodes from the bible story of Joseph in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with the first and the last episode lithographed on the blocks and the inscription, "The/ Sawyer/ Sunday/ BLOCKS/ THE GAST LITH. & ENG. CO. N.Y."
Markingslithographed: on the box cover: "The/ Sawyer/ Sunday/ BLOCKS/ THE GAST LITH. & ENG. CO. N.Y."
ClassificationsTOYS
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