Slightly Mixed Set of c. 1870s Hill's Alphabet and Animal Blocks (15) carved animal; This reads to me rather

This reads to me rather like a salesman sample for a full-scale handmade straw broom

a bit brighter silver in tone

or he could be easily hung by the old metal loop at the top of his head

very readable

Maybe a good one for hanging on the wall in the airstream

Slightly Mixed Set of c. 1870s Hill's Alphabet and Animal Blocks (15) carved animal; This reads to me ratherI can never resist a beautiful old alphabet block, or 15 of them, these perhaps the most iconic of them all, made by the S. L. Hill Company, 2nd half 19th century. Seems this is a mixed set, with three showing a bit lighter red (I think these are the earliest ones), and I believe a complete large set would have contained 20 blocks in a slide top box (though I've also seen sets of 12). Two sides show red with black letters, two sides white with black