Rare and Brilliant! 1867 Crandall's Acrobats (Set of Four) in Original Box nine pins I've bought and sold a

I've bought and sold a handful of mid-century Zanesville ribbed planters and vases over the years of various sizes

The detail on both sides of this mold are pretty great

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Rare and Brilliant! 1867 Crandall's Acrobats (Set of Four) in Original Box nine pins I've bought and sold aCharles Martin Crandall of Montrose, PA was an early American toy maker and produced some quite singular, and quite fabulous toys, especially notable for their use of a tongue and groove system for joining pieces. This Acrobats set, patented in 1867 and produced throughout the 1870s, makes exuberant and inventive use of that tongue and groove system, with a million different possibilities for configuring them, as every head or torso, arm or leg, can