Creative Playthings MCM Birds on a Tree Puzzle and Balancing Toy carved shoe with laces which may be to be

which may be to be original to its making

iconic to arts and crafts pottery of the earlyish 20th century

the painting is signed ET Windzor

and between the fork on one side and hoe blade on the other

dashing off this sketch while lively intellectual banter rises all around him

Creative Playthings MCM Birds on a Tree Puzzle and Balancing Toy carved shoe with laces which may be to beThis fabulous birds in tree puzzle balancing toy display piece I think perfectly encapsulates the spirit and philosophy of the wonderful design company that was Creative Playthings, founded in NYC by Frank and Theresa Caplan in 1945 with the goal of creating simple but beautiful educational toys and materials emphasizing shape, color and texture that would promote a childs creativity and imagination. And indeed this puzzle does, lending itself to an