Pair of Early Gibbs Tin Litho Spinning Tops with Winder scientific instrument Tightly bound and very stable

Tightly bound and very stable

Panels are composed of three layers of wood

The black of her dress gives the sense that she is in mourning

And someone(s) certainly loved them--expanding their vocabulary in four directions

Pair of Early Gibbs Tin Litho Spinning Tops with Winder scientific instrument Tightly bound and very stableA lovely pair of early Gibbs tin litho spinning tops; I pretty much never come across ones as nice as these, so optically satisfying with those bright stripes and yellow bottoms, and they are excellent spinners. They came with a wooden spring loading winder, which seems to click into place on top, but I haven't figured out how to make it work (there is a push button release but it seems to just stay in place, so I can't say for sure that it is in