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1940s-50s salesman sample hinge very very Duchampian--a "readymade" for sure

and because this is one of my very favorite shapes

The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua colored glaze makes it feel like a painting

I've come across a few of these little barrel-shaped boxes and snatch them up whenever I can

They are made of a mix of construction paper

Great Looking Early Vintage German Toy Playpen brushes 1940s-50s salesman sample hinge veryThis miniature playpen has a kinship with those iconic Schoenhut circus chairs and pedestals I like so much quite similar in form and sensibility, and with a pretty circus y feel to the colorfully painted beads on wire at either side pen (a hard shelled papier mache I think.) And so, as good a stage platform for a lion or tiger as for a baby, I'd say but also sort of a cheerful minimalist piece of sculpture just as it is, too. With a cool sort of a