Pair of Early Gibbs Tin Litho Spinning Tops with Winder scientific instrument I imagine he slate on

I imagine he slate on which this pink house and winter landscape was painted was salvaged from an antique school slate the frame of which fell apart

I love the idea of a $895 section somewhere

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

there are notes on the middle disk relative to positions of bow and beam

Pair of Early Gibbs Tin Litho Spinning Tops with Winder scientific instrument I imagine he slate onA 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