Excellent Old Silver Painted Carved Toy Pistol with (Partial) Leather Holster test Andre Gide

Andre Gide

but put it in a room filled with jewel tones and it takes on another life

and anything that requires decoding--and the symbols interspersed here are pure delight

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Excellent Old Silver Painted Carved Toy Pistol with (Partial) Leather Holster test Andre GideA beauty of an old carved wooden toy pistol, quite iconic looking in its silver paint, and clearly invested with significant care by a kid long ago, who I'd like to imagine used it only for good. With excellent carved detailing, especially the dense crosshatching on the handle, and a heavy wire trigger, two nails at top for the sights, and an old leather sleeve, with button sewn inside, which I presume once attached to a belt or strap. Gun, in very