WWI Rare Tin Litho Jointed "Sammy" Soldier with Sword vintage pueblo pottery and of a nice weight

and of a nice weight to toss around too

The silver platform piece will pop out if desired

and textures on this make it feel as much like sculpture as a functional object

There is a tiny hairline crack that runs from the lip about 1/3 of the way down the side of the vessel--this is documented in the photos

WWI Rare Tin Litho Jointed "Sammy" Soldier with Sword vintage pueblo pottery and of a nice weightI have only found one other of these out there anywhere, which its citation referred to as an "Active Sammy" "the first action figure!" produced by UToys (Patent Pending). That one was attached to a base advertising the Thomas S. Childs Inc. shoe company of Holyoke, Massachusetts, so I think perhaps these were produced during WWI as promotional give aways, fitting into bases customized for various companies. This one no longer has a base, but a pretty