Excellent Old Silver Painted Carved Toy Pistol with (Partial) Leather Holster antique palette A pretty great object

A pretty great object

which  the box and the blocks on this set remind me very much of

this one looking as if trudging very slowly up a long

I find these owls pretty empathetic creatures--kind of homely

of Wuakesha

Excellent Old Silver Painted Carved Toy Pistol with (Partial) Leather Holster antique palette A pretty great objectA beauty of an old carved wooden toy pistol, quite iconic looking in its silver paint, and clearly invested with significant care by a kid long ago, who I'd like to imagine used it only for good. With excellent carved detailing, especially the dense crosshatching on the handle, and a heavy wire trigger, two nails at top for the sights, and an old leather sleeve, with button sewn inside, which I presume once attached to a belt or strap. Gun, in very