1930s Louis Marx Metal Toy Stove skittles I find it impossible to

I find it impossible to resist these old acrobat squeeze toys when the acrobats are as good as this guy

5 1/2" wide x 3 3/8" tall

I really love the roughness of this carved ball in cage whimsy

all of which pack up to fit perfectly inside

1930s Louis Marx Metal Toy Stove skittles I find it impossible toYou can tell its flea market season when I start acquiring things like this, but how to resist the color and lines and great rusted surface? And I think it would make a pretty great pedestal for a few little things. It seems that the American toy company Louis Marx & Co. made this stove in a few different color schemes in the 1930s, some with an Little Orphan Annie sticker at the center of the top, others with a "Pretty Maid" sticker. Happily (in my