Small Early Richter Stone Anchor Blocks Set with Original (Well Worn) Inserts target pattern with its patch of colorful

with its patch of colorful flame stitching at bottom right

4 1/4" long x 1 1/2" wide with some roughness to the end of the handle

well made and very cheerful

which I believe at least partially translates to: As a keepsake

Small Early Richter Stone Anchor Blocks Set with Original (Well Worn) Inserts target pattern with its patch of colorfulI love Richter Anchor blocks, but most of the sets one comes across are large ones, which, because the blocks are made of stone (specifically a stone like mixture of quartz sand, chalk and linseed oil) they are heavy, and rather unwieldy! (First produced in Germany in the mid 19th century, the blocks became popular in the 1880s when businessman Friedrich Adolf Richter acquired the rights to the design and began marketing them under his name with that