Rare and Brilliant! 1867 Crandall's Acrobats (Set of Four) in Original Box nine pins but I find it quite

but I find it quite an evocative and very honest feeling thing as it is

The detail on both sides of this mold are pretty great

which I love for their bold

and perhaps even better with the other two

but I think it is absolutely fantastic

Rare and Brilliant! 1867 Crandall's Acrobats (Set of Four) in Original Box nine pins but I find it quiteCharles Martin Crandall of Montrose, PA was an early American toy maker and produced some quite singular, and quite fabulous toys, especially notable for their use of a tongue and groove system for joining pieces. This Acrobats set, patented in 1867 and produced throughout the 1870s, makes exuberant and inventive use of that tongue and groove system, with a million different possibilities for configuring them, as every head or torso, arm or leg, can