1890 McLoughlin Golden Eagle Anagrams (Earliest Known Set) hunter green the two with fishing poles

the two with fishing poles perched on what appears to be the stone wall of a pond

with an incised border and gridded decoration at the corners

did a series of drawings late in life of floating forms composed of faces in profile

which I think means June 15

but it is in overall very good condition and quite a remarkable object

1890 McLoughlin Golden Eagle Anagrams (Earliest Known Set) hunter green the two with fishing polesA rare survivor, this I believe is, technically, the first set of Anagrams produced Milton Bradley produced a a game called "Words and Sentences" in 1885 with similar cardboard letters, but I believe McLoughlin coined the name "anagrams" with this, its first set, and copyrighted it. (Reference: The New York Historical Society). I've been on a scrabble tear lately, which these certainly laid the groundwork for, but much easier not to carry around a