Slightly Mixed Set of c. 1870s Hill's Alphabet and Animal Blocks (15) early american sampler I’d put a hook on

I’d put a hook on the back and hang it on the wall

closely clipped off long ago

but the great handwritten label on the top is still fairly readable

with a chandelier hanging right over it

Crayon was used fairly sparingly in these

Slightly Mixed Set of c. 1870s Hill's Alphabet and Animal Blocks (15) early american sampler I’d put a hook onI can never resist a beautiful old alphabet block, or 15 of them, these perhaps the most iconic of them all, made by the S. L. Hill Company, 2nd half 19th century. Seems this is a mixed set, with three showing a bit lighter red (I think these are the earliest ones), and I believe a complete large set would have contained 20 blocks in a slide top box (though I've also seen sets of 12). Two sides show red with black letters, two sides white with black