Early 20th C. Alphabet Sewing Cards bisque doll These were awarded to a

These were awarded to a young "Master Charley Geoppinger" in the late 1870s or so by a couple of different teachers - two of them for a hundred merits

6 1/2" long x 3 1/2" deep x 4" tall

exquisite antique condition

Overall condition is excellent with some paint loss on both sides of the neck of one figure

along with a signature

Early 20th C. Alphabet Sewing Cards bisque doll These were awarded to aMaybe Milton Bradley, maybe some other company producing learning materials for kindergarten, I'm not sure as I have not turned up another set of alphabet sewing lacing cards like these, which I believe likely date to the 1920s or. Whatever the case, I'll never resist a good alphabet, and love the color of the thread used on these, and the combination of the capital and lower case letters, and the way Us and Vs and W's are partially lost, and the XYZs