Scarce Antique German Froebel Kindergarten Paper Plaiting Kit, Full colorful pool balls "Dear Sir--I reed your letter

"Dear Sir--I reed your letter and was very much pleased

I don't believe antique but it definitely has some age to it

its pretty hard to resist the urge to want to scratch his belly

with marvelous tiny fingers

but on some pages also appears as John Knetz--which together with the years (1829-1830) leads me to a Johannes/John Knetz of Hereford

Scarce Antique German Froebel Kindergarten Paper Plaiting Kit, Full colorful pool balls "Dear Sir--I reed your letterIt made me so happy to find this a complete, almost entirely untouched Froebel kindergarten paper plaiting (weaving) kit in original box, made in Germany, late 19th century or so. You may know that I am obsessed with Friedrich Froebel's invention of kindergarten, and the rigorous, creative, expansive philosophy of learning informing it, and paper plaiting is my favorite kindergarten "Gift" of all. Here, should one wish to put it to use, is everything