Rare Samuel Gabriel Sons & Co Marble Mosaic Set fast teems with love and care

teems with love and care

6 3/4" x 4 1/4" x 1/2"

which I don't think detracts

which looks a bit like an illuminated Lite Brite board The seller knew that the piece was by a fairly well known sculptor/installation artist

I believe specifically made as a stand for the circus elephant

Rare Samuel Gabriel Sons & Co Marble Mosaic Set fast teems with love and careThough not designed by Froebel, this marble mosaic set feels very Froebel ian, designed to encourage design learning and creative play. I've found a few other antique "Mosaik" or "Mosaic" sets with clay marbles, including sets made by Richter (Meteor) and, later, Milton Bradley, but no other made by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Co., NYC, which Harvard cites as having been founded in 1907, selling paper novelties and publishing children's books, until being