French 1920s Wooden Soldier Skittles - Set of 5 with Ball hand-carved Mexican mask dark wood frame

dark wood frame

but it remains a very lovely thing and could certainly be put to use again

The Lantz pottery was founded in 1949 by artists Ernst and Alma Lorenzen

and then I love how its body gives way to the "root

and then that lovely little turned detail at the very end of the blonde one

French 1920s Wooden Soldier Skittles - Set of 5 with Ball hand-carved Mexican mask dark wood frameI am pretty certain these wonderful hand painted turned wooden pins or skittles are French and that they date to the 1920s or so; I have found a few other sets which, though not exact matches, are fairly close. And I believe there would originally have been nine of them, to arrange in a diamond formation then roll this yellow ball at, in them hopes of knocking them all down. With their great tall hats and white buttons all down their fronts, at first