1930s Louis Marx Metal Toy Stove skittles and set it on a

and set it on a shelf where I could admire it from a distance

with a bit of very minor wear to the bottom corners along the edges

I find it impossible to resist these old acrobat squeeze toys when the acrobats are as good as this guy

all of which pack up to fit perfectly inside

which I purchased online from a seller who did not know anything about it--I was just immediately taken with the evocativeness of the portrait

1930s Louis Marx Metal Toy Stove skittles and set it on aYou can tell its flea market season when I start acquiring things like this, but how to resist the color and lines and great rusted surface? And I think it would make a pretty great pedestal for a few little things. It seems that the American toy company Louis Marx & Co. made this stove in a few different color schemes in the 1930s, some with an Little Orphan Annie sticker at the center of the top, others with a "Pretty Maid" sticker. Happily (in my