French Soldiers and Sailors Painted Wooden Skittle Set bird in cage Made of lacquered papier mache

Made of lacquered papier mache

and there is one broken rung in the ladder

and general signs of wear consistent with age

with some paint loss on the corners and one side particularly and some scratching to the plexiglass consistent with use

French Soldiers and Sailors Painted Wooden Skittle Set bird in cage Made of lacquered papier macheI have a weakness for old figurative skittles or nine pins, and hard to beat a set of nine that includes both soldiers AND sailors! I'm not entirely sure if they were a combined set to begin with or came together at some later point, but I am pretty certain they are French, and 1940s at the latest. The outfits and colors are great, and I especially love the facial expressions, with eyes all looking in one direction, as if toward a rolling ball coming