Another Charming Old Wire Spinning Toy, Interlocking Rings in Red and Green blonde it was hand-painted with a

it was hand-painted with a tea pot and pillow in red and other tea ceremony accoutrements in copper and silver — nothing extraneous

A quick search reveals that this particular painting was sold by Skinner in 2008 (for $237)

to my sensibilities all to the good

but much of this has faded from the top surface of the wood

all pages bound and not fragile

Another Charming Old Wire Spinning Toy, Interlocking Rings in Red and Green blonde it was hand-painted with aAs sometimes happens, I had never found one of these old spinning toys until on a recent trip to Pennsylvania where I found a pair, one with intersecting rings like this (that one a bit longer than this), and one with a spinning bird. Then last week at a shop near Brimfield, this one! Hold it flag side down and the rings drop to that end, then turn it right side and they spin down, circling one another. Quite a joy. And feels an apt one to wave at