Big, Beautiful Old Wooden Block Set round painting A nice old carved ball

A nice old carved ball in cage whimsy with carved loop for hanging or just to  dangle

floppy ears I'd guess represents a hound of some sort

5" t x 2 1/16" w x 1 7/8" d and in excellent condition

13" t x 9 1/8" w x 1 5/8" d

Big, Beautiful Old Wooden Block Set round painting A nice old carved ballAs is surely clear by now, I love old blocks sets of all sorts, but there is something uniquely satisfying about large sets of unpainted wooden ones like this elegant and elemental and like the pure embodiment of creative possibility. And it is rare that I come across a set with such a complete scope of sizes as this a modular range of rectangles and squares, plus round columns and half spheres and very pointy cones, too. Beautiful. I don't have