Gorgeous Old Handmade, Lead Weighted Toy Boat Hull tabletop pool balls with some age toning around

with some age toning around the edges and a bit of minor staining

and just oozing with a sprightly mischievousness

Established by Max Grumbacher in 1909 while hand making brushes at his kitchen table in New York City

Signed at lower left and also on reverse

perhaps on the wall right about the cat dish

Gorgeous Old Handmade, Lead Weighted Toy Boat Hull tabletop pool balls with some age toning aroundThis super sculptural, beautiful old handmade boat could use a proper stand, though I might just find a good spot to lean it. For me, its pure gorgeousnessfirst in terms of the structure, with this elegantly shaped, partially hollowed out hull, and then nailed on keel underneath with great lead weight nailed on top of that; and second in terms of surface, with alligatoring creamy white paint at either end and delicious salmony red at center and