Rare and Brilliant! 1867 Crandall's Acrobats (Set of Four) in Original Box collectible but here this beautiful small

but here this beautiful small footed bowl with coppery glaze I just stumbled upon in Maine

There are a few air bubbles in the glass

I would think it has 100 years on it at least and has surely stopped a lot of doors

Sampler itself measures 8 15/16" l x 4 3/8" t

I had another 19th century snuff box with very similar inlay that I believed was made French Napoleonic prisoner of war

Rare and Brilliant! 1867 Crandall's Acrobats (Set of Four) in Original Box collectible but here this beautiful smallCharles Martin Crandall of Montrose, PA was an early American toy maker and produced some quite singular, and quite fabulous toys, especially notable for their use of a tongue and groove system for joining pieces. This Acrobats set, patented in 1867 and produced throughout the 1870s, makes exuberant and inventive use of that tongue and groove system, with a million different possibilities for configuring them, as every head or torso, arm or leg, can