Pair of Early Gibbs Tin Litho Spinning Tops with Winder original illustrations in wonderful and evocative combinations

in wonderful and evocative combinations

opening 2 9/16” d and in good condition

pinned tight along the edges all the way around

I know she came from the vast paper collection of an accomplished and prolific decoupage artist

Florida--with its fantastic face and what looks like Mars amid the stars overhead

Pair of Early Gibbs Tin Litho Spinning Tops with Winder original illustrations in wonderful and evocative combinationsA lovely pair of early Gibbs tin litho spinning tops; I pretty much never come across ones as nice as these, so optically satisfying with those bright stripes and yellow bottoms, and they are excellent spinners. They came with a wooden spring loading winder, which seems to click into place on top, but I haven't figured out how to make it work (there is a push button release but it seems to just stay in place, so I can't say for sure that it is in