French 1920s Wooden Soldier Skittles - Set of 5 with Ball wood and fabric no splits or cracks and

no splits or cracks and just very light wear

quite an elegant and refined piece

4 5/8" tall x 3 1/4" diameter at widest

features wonderful full page caricatures of "the sovereigns" of the era by Portuguese painter and caricaturist Tomás Júlio Leal da Câmara (1876-1948)

French 1920s Wooden Soldier Skittles - Set of 5 with Ball wood and fabric no splits or cracks andI 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