Old Tin Spinning Top with Excellent Hand-Painted Color handcrafted The box itself was carved

The box itself was carved out from  one piece of wood

8 3/4" x 6 7/8" Good condition

heavy iron ones

and I love the clunky screws and bolts attaching them to his torso and red paint too

Old Tin Spinning Top with Excellent Hand-Painted Color handcrafted The box itself was carvedI'm a sucker for old spinning tops for me as much a vehicle for great color as anything else and this appears an early one, with hand painted rather than lithographed color. I haven't had much luck getting it spinning but haven't tried very hard there are push starters that will fit over the stem of ones like this, though an expert flick of the wrist on a flat surface might do just as well. Personally, I'm very content just to set it somewhere to look