Wonderful Folk Art Workers on Railway Hand Car Pull Toy old wooden train car Signed (incised) in Japanese on

Signed (incised) in Japanese on the underside

not the glass

and which I'd guess corresponded to a fire station

and especially the Easter egg-like paint job on it

you know I am obsessed with old clay marbles

Wonderful Folk Art Workers on Railway Hand Car Pull Toy old wooden train car Signed (incised) in Japanese onI've included a short video clip of this toy rolling, which is not very good but gives a sense of what active workers these two are, bending two and fro as the cart is pulled along by the string (or just given a push.) I was though, of course, sold on this toy as soon as I saw this blue eyed pair in their orange uniforms and caps, whether they moved or not! Early 20th century I believe, found in Pennsylvania, and to me eye and sensibility completely