Early Set of 16 Color Cubes n Wooden Box (with White Cubes Numbered for Game of 15) railroad signals code sign with one loose bumper on

with one loose bumper on the reverse bottom

folded over around the edges

Dating from around the late 19th century

I've long been admiring both the forms and the glorious color on early croquet posts

folds or tears that I can find

Early Set of 16 Color Cubes n Wooden Box (with White Cubes Numbered for Game of 15) railroad signals code sign with one loose bumper on(First photo is a composite of two views.) These are the sorts of color cube sets I most look forthe really old ones, in their original wood framed boxes (just the lower half here, as is often the case), with extra dark almost black blue, rich red and mustard yellow. And, wonderfully to my sensibilities, the white cubes on this one were numbered by their one time owner 1 15 (16 left blank) so, I believe, to be able to play the game of 15 with them,