Antique "High Striker" Folk Art Tabletop Carnival Game vintage agriculture and oxidation to the metal

and oxidation to the metal exterior

crowned by a spread-wing eagle finial

but struggled to stay afloat post-Depression and closed in 1946

The two cast halves show a slight factory assembly seam offset

Housed in a period wood frame with gilt inner liner

Antique "High Striker" Folk Art Tabletop Carnival Game vintage agriculture and oxidation to the metalHandmade tabletop carnival game modeled after the classic "high striker" strength tester, constructed from wood with a tall vertical scoring tower and spring loaded plunger mechanism. The player figure, carved and painted in a crouched stance, raises a small mallet overhead to strike the plunger, sending an internal block upward along the graduated scale inside the glass front tower. The housing is built with nailed plank construction and retains its