Early Tin Toy Rocking Kangaroo Chinese brass matchbox holder depicting faces with stylized features

depicting faces with stylized features and often quite dramatic expressions

The objective is to remove every marble except one by jumping over orthogonally (not diagonally) from one adjacent point to the vacant adjacent point on the other side

3 3/8" t x 2 5/8" wide

The chain measures 18 1/8" long x approx 3/4" wide and deep and is in excellent condition

so was very happy to find a group of five of them this weekend in New Hampshire

Early Tin Toy Rocking Kangaroo Chinese brass matchbox holder depicting faces with stylized featuresI believe this tin toy kangaroo dates to the 1910s 20s and is likely German, distinguished from later versions by its curved legs among other things, allowing it rock foreword and back. I've rarely met a kangaroo I didn't like such curious animals! and think this is quite a sweet, as well as pretty rare, one. 6 1 2" l x 2 3 4" t with head up, 1 7 8" wide including pins, which hold the legs in place. This kangaroo doesn't hop along in its own (!) but