Antique Painted Tin Toy, Yellow Carriage / Train Car chrome bakelite gripper with the eyes full of

with the eyes full of wonder and curiosity of the children of the past

and in a readable fashion

and even better that the color come from dyed silk threads wrapped tightly around cardboard strips with corresponding numbers

another with a photo of a wonderfully serious looking older couple

Antique Painted Tin Toy, Yellow Carriage / Train Car chrome bakelite gripper with the eyes full ofThis cheerful yellow carriage I found at the same estate sale as the tin toy horse and cart I've listed this one c. 1880s, and based on a bit of research I believe most likely made by James Fallows & Sons of Philadelphia, PA. Surely once part of a longer train, though I think perfect as a stand alone thing, in its bright original yellow paint, with gray painted roof. Very sweet. 5 1 2" l x 2 1 4" t x 2" w and in good, stable and sound condition, not