Rare and Brilliant! 1867 Crandall's Acrobats (Set of Four) in Original Box collectible and love her just as

and love her just as she is

but here this beautiful small footed bowl with coppery glaze I just stumbled upon in Maine

Such a charming wood carved and polychrome painted Madonna

There is a fascinating history of wax modeling on the British blog

2 1/4" tall x 1 9/16" w  wide x 3/8" thick and in very good

Rare and Brilliant! 1867 Crandall's Acrobats (Set of Four) in Original Box collectible and love her just asCharles 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 in 1867 and produced throughout the 1870s, makes exuberant and inventive use of that tongue and groove system, with a million different possibilities for configuring them, as every head or torso, arm or leg, can