Pair of c. Old Lead Devils in Original Red Paint carved wooden gun Dows makes brilliant use of

Dows makes brilliant use of line to render volume and pattern (that checkerboard coat at left

but almost invariably they're missing a ring or two--not too surprising

A little more searching reveals a known portrait of Walbridge's wife Sally Morgan Walbridge painted by Ammi Phillips in 1820 (included in photos)

and especially the wire stitching

Pair of c. Old Lead Devils in Original Red Paint carved wooden gun Dows makes brilliant use ofThese two! Found together and offered together, so that they might go one sparring with one another for eternity! I've found documentation of a few similar out there some attributed to Bergmann, Austria, some to the German company Heyde, others to the Soviet maker Kasli, all 1930s or earlier. I'm not sure, no marks that I can see, and they appear made of lead to me. Pretty fun, and I love the aging to the paint and the way they stand resting on their