The lid is gorgeously reminiscent of 'Boys Own' annuals or hard-back novels of
wild adventure for the younger readers of the time, with their inset colour
picture on the cover, even the later Rupert
annuals, which seem to had had an affiliation with those bright, yellow-greens!
The original contents of the box seems to
have been six larger animals, the two seated figures (milk-maids), two stools
and something in the central slot, possibly the three other figures, but
clearly other animals (and possibly the poultry) have been added and I didn't
get them out and shoot them all separately, so the next five images are shots
from various angles, to which you can add your own thoughts!
Whether the added items are fom another
(smaller?) set or could be purchased individually from a counter display or
wall cabinet I don't know, but we have ducks and hens, the prone cows and some
extra cows and horses buy the looks of it?
My Brent consists of a farm hand and two
farmers; one of whom has a smaller stick (and way more playware!), all three
show signs of the pumice having been dyed or stained black before setting and
painting.
I did shoot the two ducks, they both look
to have a fair bit of auk or even vulture DNA! That's Brent, on the Blog, with
many thanks to Mr Little.
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