Slightly Mixed Set of c. 1870s Hill's Alphabet and Animal Blocks (15) early american sampler I love a dove

I love a dove

There is a water stain to the inside panel at upper left corner and a couple of losses to the wood on the backside top corners only

closely clipped off long ago

to rest his head on her chest

Slightly Mixed Set of c. 1870s Hill's Alphabet and Animal Blocks (15) early american sampler I love a doveI 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