Old, Battered, Beautiful Monkey Acrobat Toy white horsehair and printed instructions on the

and printed instructions on the back

and writer who seems to have had a most fascinating life

or maybe a piece of furniture

It is the subject and especially the fantastic details on this beautifully crafted tray that made me fall in love with it: the patterns of the waves lapping the boat

Old, Battered, Beautiful Monkey Acrobat Toy white horsehair and printed instructions on theThis crazy thing I'm in love with it, all the more so for the rather distressed state of this old monkey, pieces of whose head appear to have been glued and re glued over the past 100+ years or so. No wonder when one uses the wire arm to raise and flip him over, if not gentle he'll smash pretty hard into the ladder on the other side. His arms, legs and body appear to be hand carved of wood, and then his head looks to be ceramic or composition over