1930s Art Deco Style Bellhop antique hand-painted tin Complete set of nine pins

Complete set of nine pins and two balls on smoothly rolling cart

The glaze is a pretty blue with just a hint of green in it

with the earlier baccalarius altered by wordplay to baccalaureate in order to conform with bacca lauri--laurel berry--because of the laurels awarded to scholars

I understand from the seller that I purchased this from that it was made by a Boy Scout

1930s Art Deco Style Bellhop antique hand-painted tin Complete set of nine pinsThough I didn't know it when I found him, I've since learned that this bellhop was produced in conjunction with a Philip Morris cigarette advertising campaign launched in 1933, and would once have carried either a bundle of cigarettes in one hand and a book of matches in the other (or else a cruet set; there were a couple of different versions produced, and I believe they were often displayed on hotel bars.) His baggage is long since gone, leaving his