Passive Boxer, Antique Push Button Toy Without Button (and Lost Front Toe) double exposure but am certain these are

but am certain these are well more than a century old

With black painted head and split tail

which he would become known for

and I love the combination of gray veins in the marble near the head and the nice patina on this one

with what I believe was a smear to the rendering of the two figures literally baked into the tile several centuries ago

Passive Boxer, Antique Push Button Toy Without Button (and Lost Front Toe) double exposure but am certain these areI've found a couple similar to this mechanical boxing toy over the years, made I believe by the Weston Toy Company, Weston, CT, which operated from 1859 to 1899. The others featured two boxers going at each other, but this is the first I've seen with just one and a punching bag opposite him instead. The push button at the center of this one is missing someone handier than I could surely fashion a new one, and the rest of the mechanism is still in good