French 1920s Wooden Soldier Skittles - Set of 5 with Ball wood and fabric intended to "teach designing

intended to "teach designing

Or give it a good clean with some butcher block cleaner and use it for serving cheese and crackers

quite an elegant and refined piece

The leather of the strap closure for the box is somewhat stiff/cracked

French 1920s Wooden Soldier Skittles - Set of 5 with Ball wood and fabric intended to "teach designingI am pretty certain these wonderful hand painted turned wooden pins or skittles are French and that they date to the 1920s or so; I have found a few other sets which, though not exact matches, are fairly close. And I believe there would originally have been nine of them, to arrange in a diamond formation then roll this yellow ball at, in them hopes of knocking them all down. With their great tall hats and white buttons all down their fronts, at first