Set of Eleven Beautiful Early Erzgebirge Houses large inuit sculpture IGA--Independent Grocers Alliance- was founded

IGA--Independent Grocers Alliance- was founded in 1926 by a group of small grocery retailers to facilitate collective marketing and supply chain access in order for these stores to be competitive

I find it quite uplifting

with just the right amount of irregularity

" which these slides (the complete set was known as "the Coordinator") were used to facilitate

and then there are four more unmatched halves that fit neatly inside but don't have the other halves to complete them

Set of Eleven Beautiful Early Erzgebirge Houses large inuit sculpture IGA--Independent Grocers Alliance- was foundedI'll never get over the beauty of these early hand painted German Erzgebirge houses the colors, the grids of black windows, the pitched roofs, each one a little different. (Nor will I ever get over the joy of photographing them!) All of these 19th c. ones are painted on both sides, and are, I think, as good as they get. Set of 11. Average approx 1 7 8" t x 1 3 4". Little green one is 1 1 16" x 1 3 16". Beautifully aged, only losses are perhaps a few