C. 1930s Colorful Girard Tin Litho Top (No String) contract strip circa 1960

circa 1960

I especially love the border of tiny little arrows and the wonderful sculptural berry shaped handle at the center

Ink and watercolor on wove

This coach was used for many years in the mountains of California

C. 1930s Colorful Girard Tin Litho Top (No String) contract strip circa 1960You need to wind a string around the base of this c. 1930s tin litho top to set it spinning (its original one, which would have come with it in a box, is long gone) but I think it's a beautiful thing whether one spins it or not. (And holding it by the handle, you can just manually spin it, like a pin wheel.) Made by Girard Model Works, an American toy manufacturing company established by Frank E. Wood in 1919 in Pennsylvania, which made some terrific