French Soldiers and Sailors Painted Wooden Skittle Set bird in cage It was purchased from an

It was purchased from an estate in Waban

The woven detail is executed in what looks to be raffia

just inside the edge of the tile

There are some very fancy little antique shoe-shaped snuff boxes out there with all sorts of inlays and flourishes

A little research reveals that Right Time made a few different hammer toys

French Soldiers and Sailors Painted Wooden Skittle Set bird in cage It was purchased from anI have a weakness for old figurative skittles or nine pins, and hard to beat a set of nine that includes both soldiers AND sailors! I'm not entirely sure if they were a combined set to begin with or came together at some later point, but I am pretty certain they are French, and 1940s at the latest. The outfits and colors are great, and I especially love the facial expressions, with eyes all looking in one direction, as if toward a rolling ball coming