Artist/Maker
R. Bliss Manufacturing Company
(American, 1830 – 1935)
Bliss Alphabet Blocks
1889
Place madePawtucket, Rhode Island, United States, North America
Place madePawtucket, Rhode Island, United States, North America
Wood, paper
Each (block): 3 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in. (8.3 x 4.4 x 1.3 cm)
The Liman Collection
2000.510
DescriptionTwenty-eight paper covered rectangular alphabet blocks; each block represents a letter with a caption and an image on the obverse such as "A/ A PAGE AT THE CASTLE" with an image of a page chromolithographed in the center; dominos chromolithographed on the reverse; the two extra blocks represent "&" and the manufacturer's label.ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
- Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
