1930s Art Deco Style Bellhop antique hand-painted tin Complete set of nine pins

Complete set of nine pins and two balls on smoothly rolling cart

it just would not let me walk away

There are small nubs on opposite sides of the vessel to which a handle likely once was attached

but I think it is the combination of carefully hand-carved shape (with carve marks visible)

one can just feel these things

1930s Art Deco Style Bellhop antique hand-painted tin Complete set of nine pinsThough I didn't know it when I found him, I've since learned that this bellhop was produced in conjunction with a Philip Morris cigarette advertising campaign launched in 1933, and would once have carried either a bundle of cigarettes in one hand and a book of matches in the other (or else a cruet set; there were a couple of different versions produced, and I believe they were often displayed on hotel bars.) His baggage is long since gone, leaving his