Almost Complete c. 1870s Crandall's Acrobats (Set of Four) in Original Box Bottom (No Lid) brutalist wooden sculpture overall good condition with color

overall good condition with color very bright

and how much better to measure little things with one of these than with a clunky measuring tape

too--and it seems the photographer must have been standing on the roof of another structure him or herself

I found this wonderful box at an estate sale in MA in a modest house packed to the gills with a long lifetime's accumulation

Almost Complete c. 1870s Crandall's Acrobats (Set of Four) in Original Box Bottom (No Lid) brutalist wooden sculpture overall good condition with colorThis is the second set of these antique CrandaIl's acrobats I've found this set not quite complete, but nearly so, and in very good condition and the lack of two legs and one arm hardly limits the possibilities! Charles 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