French Soldiers and Sailors Painted Wooden Skittle Set bird in cage A little research reveals that

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

with some paint loss on the corners and one side particularly and some scratching to the plexiglass consistent with use

just inside the edge of the tile

and of the brilliance of artist

French Soldiers and Sailors Painted Wooden Skittle Set bird in cage A little research reveals thatI 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