Antique Mechanical Wooden Boxing Toy, Presumed Weston Toy Company folk art bookends with bark still on the

with bark still on the sides

mostly along the front edge of the top

1920s-30s I think

9" tall x 5 1/2" wide

Antique Mechanical Wooden Boxing Toy, Presumed Weston Toy Company folk art bookends with bark still on theI've had a few of these old push button boxing toys in the shop, and love them so much I just can't pass them by. I believe this one was made by the Weston Toy Company in Weston, CT, which operated from 1859 to 1899, though there were several iterations of this so I am not 100% certain. When you press the button on at the center of the wooden base, the boxers lean in towards each other to butt heads, causing their arms to swing as well. I especially