Excellent Old Silver Painted Carved Toy Pistol with (Partial) Leather Holster spelling blocks the tip shows the same

the tip shows the same color as the rest

with very recent framing

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The paper label on the underside of this antique box lid dates it pre-1876

Excellent Old Silver Painted Carved Toy Pistol with (Partial) Leather Holster spelling blocks the tip shows the sameA beauty of an old carved wooden toy pistol, quite iconic looking in its silver paint, and clearly invested with significant care by a kid long ago, who I'd like to imagine used it only for good. With excellent carved detailing, especially the dense crosshatching on the handle, and a heavy wire trigger, two nails at top for the sights, and an old leather sleeve, with button sewn inside, which I presume once attached to a belt or strap. Gun, in very