1930s Louis Marx Metal Toy Stove skittles 7 1/4" long x 1"

7 1/4" long x 1" wide x 3/4" deep

pencil and pastel I believe

and set it on a shelf where I could admire it from a distance

all of which pack up to fit perfectly inside

I find it impossible to resist these old acrobat squeeze toys when the acrobats are as good as this guy

1930s Louis Marx Metal Toy Stove skittles 7 1/4" long x 1"You 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