Bliss Manufacturing Co. Litho Animals on Wood Bases mechanical sculpture or wrapping cloth

or wrapping cloth

which are shot at 2x magnification as the crack is difficult to see without magnification

3 1/8" long x 2 1/4" tall x 5/16" wide

Plus a hollowed out half walnut shell to pile them into

which I purchased from a dealer at a flea market who said they had come from an estate he had just cleaned out in Maine (and from which he also had some old crocks and 19th century photographs

Bliss Manufacturing Co. Litho Animals on Wood Bases mechanical sculpture or wrapping clothI'm pretty certain this gang of seven was once part of a larger animal fleet produced by R. Bliss Manufacturing Company (Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1832 1935), which came along with a wonderful Noah's Arc. Very late 19th or early 20th century, I believe, they're still in very good shape, litho on die cut cardboard (printed on both sides) and mounted on wooden bases. I think I'd just march them along the front of a shelf to make myself happy! Set of