C. 1930s Colorful Girard Tin Litho Top (No String) contract strip shiny brown glaze on his

shiny brown glaze on his belly and great reactive black glaze on his back

Likely painted when Henrietta was just a school girl

This fabulous birds in tree puzzle /balancing toy /display piece I think perfectly encapsulates the spirit and philosophy of the wonderful design company that was Creative Playthings

Ink and watercolor on wove

8 5/8" long x 1 3/16" wide and deep

C. 1930s Colorful Girard Tin Litho Top (No String) contract strip shiny brown glaze on hisYou need to wind a string around the base of this c. 1930s tin litho top to set it spinning (its original one, which would have come with it in a box, is long gone) but I think it's a beautiful thing whether one spins it or not. (And holding it by the handle, you can just manually spin it, like a pin wheel.) Made by Girard Model Works, an American toy manufacturing company established by Frank E. Wood in 1919 in Pennsylvania, which made some terrific