Another Charming Old Wire Spinning Toy, Interlocking Rings in Red and Green blonde with some edge curling as

with some edge curling as shown

it was hand-painted with a tea pot and pillow in red and other tea ceremony accoutrements in copper and silver — nothing extraneous

but much of this has faded from the top surface of the wood

all pages bound and not fragile

A quick search reveals that this particular painting was sold by Skinner in 2008 (for $237)

Another Charming Old Wire Spinning Toy, Interlocking Rings in Red and Green blonde with some edge curling asAs sometimes happens, I had never found one of these old spinning toys until on a recent trip to Pennsylvania where I found a pair, one with intersecting rings like this (that one a bit longer than this), and one with a spinning bird. Then last week at a shop near Brimfield, this one! Hold it flag side down and the rings drop to that end, then turn it right side and they spin down, circling one another. Quite a joy. And feels an apt one to wave at