Rare and Brilliant! 1867 Crandall's Acrobats (Set of Four) in Original Box collectible and love her just as

and love her just as she is

This is the last from a group of 1965 studies by a Robert Williamson

2 1/4" tall x 1 9/16" w  wide x 3/8" thick and in very good

There are a few air bubbles in the glass

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 and love her just asCharles 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