Antique Kangaroo Tin Penny Toy hand carved wooden tool This is just about the

This is just about the most beautiful little Japanese fan--sensu--that I can imagine

and feel in the hand

as if he's just woken from a nap

with blackening in some areas as a result of the firing process

Antique Kangaroo Tin Penny Toy hand carved wooden tool This is just about theI found a near exact match of this sweet old tin kangaroo that had been sold by an antique toy specialist online for $75. I love it, but that seems a little much, though I will take their description of it as a German penny toy dating to the 1910s 20s. There are a number of vintage tin kangaroo toys out there more recent, most which wind with a key and hop, which this one does not rather, it is unique in having curved fore legs, which allow it to rock