Antique Swiss Boxed Set of Double-Sided Color Litho Standup Animals horsehair clothes brush as we now know this

as we now know this fun tin litho scissor man was made by the German toy company Distler (whose antique tin toys do indeed fetch high prices)

I found this piece at the estate sale at the home and studio of an artist in Wellesley

and the painterly

With wonderfully hand-painted white letters popping against the black tank and equally perfect yellow carriage on trusty black wheels below

this pin captures the sense of soaring pretty nicely I think--or

Antique Swiss Boxed Set of Double-Sided Color Litho Standup Animals horsehair clothes brush as we now know thisI've found a few others sets of stand up animals and circus performers dating to the early 20th century, but no other Swiss ones, or boxed sets like this containing so many, with what I believe is an edition number on the box. They really feel little a pretty special set. Color lithography on a nice weight cardstock, they'd be pretty great marching along the edge of a shelf or two or three, though could also be used as note cards as they feature blank