1930s Louis Marx Metal Toy Stove turtle shaped box and a fun one to

and a fun one to wave around

with its dense pattern of cuts and wounds

but the yield is a landscape that feels like a whole world unto itself

they're precious

for amusing cats

1930s Louis Marx Metal Toy Stove turtle shaped box and a fun one toYou can tell its flea market season when I start acquiring things like this, but how to resist the color and lines and great rusted surface? And I think it would make a pretty great pedestal for a few little things. It seems that the American toy company Louis Marx & Co. made this stove in a few different color schemes in the 1930s, some with an Little Orphan Annie sticker at the center of the top, others with a "Pretty Maid" sticker. Happily (in my