Early Tin Toy Rocking Kangaroo Chinese brass matchbox holder so was very happy to

so was very happy to find a group of five of them this weekend in New Hampshire

The pot has been used and shows some staining to the interior (it could probably be scrubbed some more than I have done) but the exterior is in excellent condition

and stains to the porcelain here and there

I believe a mask like this one would have been used in initiation rituals

Early Tin Toy Rocking Kangaroo Chinese brass matchbox holder so was very happy toI believe this tin toy kangaroo dates to the 1910s 20s and is likely German, distinguished from later versions by its curved legs among other things, allowing it rock foreword and back. I've rarely met a kangaroo I didn't like such curious animals! and think this is quite a sweet, as well as pretty rare, one. 6 1 2" l x 2 3 4" t with head up, 1 7 8" wide including pins, which hold the legs in place. This kangaroo doesn't hop along in its own (!) but