Sculptural Old Handmade Stacking Toy with Chippy Paint blue whale but I think these add

but I think these add to its character

It is signed (incised) Mann on the bottom and marked 7c in ink

heart decorated iron pieces were usually made for a young women's dowry or as wedding presents

exceptionally  crafted examples of American Machine Age design

different on all sides

Sculptural Old Handmade Stacking Toy with Chippy Paint blue whale but I think these addThe perfect opposite of the classic modern rainbow Playskool and Holgate wooden stacking toys that I also love, this old lovingly homemade three post stacker is about as expressive as it gets, transcending its toy hood to enter the realm of pure sculpture. (It makes me think a bit of Richard Tuttle, and a bit of the sculptures of Cy Twombly, too.) Not a perfectly round piece among them, and the sizes of the holes are all over the place too. The three