Rare and Brilliant! 1867 Crandall's Acrobats (Set of Four) in Original Box nine pins and perhaps even better with

and perhaps even better with the other two

unsigned from what I can tell

Penmanship includes a number of poems and phrases

8 13/16” x 1 3/8” x 1 1/4” d and in good

amid which these prints would certainly have felt at home

Rare and Brilliant! 1867 Crandall's Acrobats (Set of Four) in Original Box nine pins and perhaps even better withCharles 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