Antique Mechanical Wooden Boxing Toy, Presumed Weston Toy Company hand-painted acrobat toy waist and hands

waist and hands

with tiny tears to the top right and bottom left corners

some wear to the wood and paint around the edges and sides

I'm not quite totally sure the purpose of this one

layer upon layer to fit just exactly so in their custom crate

Antique Mechanical Wooden Boxing Toy, Presumed Weston Toy Company hand-painted acrobat toy waist and handsI've had a few of these old push button boxing toys in the shop, and love them so much I just can't pass them by. I believe this one was made by the Weston Toy Company in Weston, CT, which operated from 1859 to 1899, though there were several iterations of this so I am not 100% certain. When you press the button on at the center of the wooden base, the boxers lean in towards each other to butt heads, causing their arms to swing as well. I especially