1930s Louis Marx Metal Toy Stove skittles pencil and pastel I believe

pencil and pastel I believe

Industructible I think--sturdy as could be

I really love the roughness of this carved ball in cage whimsy

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

1930s Louis Marx Metal Toy Stove skittles pencil and pastel I believeYou 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