Unusual and Beautiful Old Handmade Ruler (?) animal blocks with perhaps a bit of

with perhaps a bit of fading to the colored paper

perfectly resolved

How it got from Germany

I believe these date between 1870-1890

Unusual and Beautiful Old Handmade Ruler (?) animal blocks with perhaps a bit ofI really don't know anything about this one, but found it at Brimfield and couldn't put it down. I presume a ruler or guide of some sort, with the increments along one side approximately one inch and the shorter ones about half an inch. For me the angled lines really make it. lending a sense of movement and three dimensionality to the whole thing, and the wood, which I think may be boxwood, is lovely. With what looks to be some faint handwritten text