French 1920s Wooden Soldier Skittles - Set of 5 with Ball royal Copenhagen vase and was immediately smitten

and was immediately smitten

with a nail in one corner holding the cage together

Part of what I think makes it great is its utter impracticality--this thing weighs about 10 pounds

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French 1920s Wooden Soldier Skittles - Set of 5 with Ball royal Copenhagen vase and was immediately smittenI am pretty certain these wonderful hand painted turned wooden pins or skittles are French and that they date to the 1920s or so; I have found a few other sets which, though not exact matches, are fairly close. And I believe there would originally have been nine of them, to arrange in a diamond formation then roll this yellow ball at, in them hopes of knocking them all down. With their great tall hats and white buttons all down their fronts, at first