Old Tin Spinning Top with Excellent Hand-Painted Color Navajo turquoise pin I rather like the effect

I rather like the effect of this mix of toning

shuttlecock

really a little gem of a painting

done in a few different hands

which really seem to see deep into one's soul

Old Tin Spinning Top with Excellent Hand-Painted Color Navajo turquoise pin I rather like the effectI'm a sucker for old spinning tops for me as much a vehicle for great color as anything else and this appears an early one, with hand painted rather than lithographed color. I haven't had much luck getting it spinning but haven't tried very hard there are push starters that will fit over the stem of ones like this, though an expert flick of the wrist on a flat surface might do just as well. Personally, I'm very content just to set it somewhere to look