Special Set of 30 Old Color Cubes with Unusual Orange-Red and Black Sides vintage figurine 19th c at the youngest

19th c at the youngest but I think perhaps a good bit older than that

with tissue paper in between and some blank pages at the end

Drawing unmounted

) with a mix of both on one side and the "Great Eastern" on the other

but opening it a couple of ribs higher--ta da

Special Set of 30 Old Color Cubes with Unusual Orange-Red and Black Sides vintage figurine 19th c at the youngestThese I pulled from a larger, mixed lot of Color Cubes I found all thrown together in a bag; when I saw a glimpse of the orange red sides on some blocks in that bag, I ran straight to checkout without bothering to look much more closely. I am honestly not sure if these were made by the US Embossing Co or someone else it is rare to find this orange red, which is all the better in hand, and this black (in lieu of darker red and dark blue); either