C. 1930s Colorful Girard Tin Litho Top (No String) maine decoy with plenty of surface scratching

with plenty of surface scratching to the paint making for what I'd call a great patina

Pretty inspirational to me

all painted yellow

which would explain her strange posture

Or leave it on the counter filled it with a few apples

C. 1930s Colorful Girard Tin Litho Top (No String) maine decoy with plenty of surface scratchingYou need to wind a string around the base of this c. 1930s tin litho top to set it spinning (its original one, which would have come with it in a box, is long gone) but I think it's a beautiful thing whether one spins it or not. (And holding it by the handle, you can just manually spin it, like a pin wheel.) Made by Girard Model Works, an American toy manufacturing company established by Frank E. Wood in 1919 in Pennsylvania, which made some terrific