Excellent Old Silver Painted Carved Toy Pistol with (Partial) Leather Holster test from what I can make

from what I can make out

then secured with a couple of iron nails

Another one found in Maine this week and I would bet painted en plein air on the coast somewhere between Maine and Massachusetts

A little aging to the paper and a some tiny stray bits of hair and dust but overall good condition

The wood shows a few splits and the painted underside is a little grungy

Excellent Old Silver Painted Carved Toy Pistol with (Partial) Leather Holster test from what I can makeA 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