Highly Empathetic Rusty Old Welded Iron Garden Turtle folk art beaver I am pretty certain these

I am pretty certain these wonderful hand-painted turned wooden pins or skittles are French and that they date to the 1920s or so

with cutouts in the cardboard base for each shell -- and a dry kidney bean as well to hide underneath one of them

Sold as set

some paint loss

Highly Empathetic Rusty Old Welded Iron Garden Turtle folk art beaver I am pretty certain theseFound in Maine, I think this guy lived in a yard for a good many years, to my eye perfectly rusted and aged, as well as perfectly crude and a total charmer of a thing. Welded together of iron pieces, including a sweet little tail, and with a raised design animating his shell. 7 1 4 l x 4 5 8 w x 1 7 8 t, much aged and rusty but nut shedding, all to the good.