Fabulous, Strange Crocheted Lace Medallion with Figure hanging pin proportion

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It was pure delight to find this drawing

I just fell in love with the aesthetics of it

issued by Tonka in 1957

It has a wonderful presence and a fire cloud on one side from the traditional outdoor firing

Fabulous, Strange Crocheted Lace Medallion with Figure hanging pin proportionThis is a fairly small piece just shy of 6 inches in. diameter but what a lot of is packed into those inches, and what a marvelously strange thing! I really love things that are both intensely of their medium and also entirely transcend it, which I feel is the case with this piece, applying a great command of the craft to articulating a very singular vision. The figure to me has a bit of the feel of Adam in the Garden of Eden, falling from grace, or