Old Handmade Make Do Wood and Metal Toy Car desk brush who signed the mat to

who signed the mat to which the piece is taped from behind

I believe this tiny one is carved of boxwood

with some wear to the paint as pictured

I found it stuck into a charming 19th century embroidered pin cushion that I purchased a few months ago at an antique shop

Just the figure measures 4 5/8" t

Old Handmade Make Do Wood and Metal Toy Car desk brush who signed the mat toThis is just a little thing, but I love it so much, perhaps most of all the red star painted wheels. I am not completely sure what the metal pieces were salvaged from, but surely they had a life before becoming the sides of this little car or truck (?), nailed (with nice fat nails) to the sides of an old block of wood that forms the main body, and painted blue and red (much of which is clearly long gone.) Things like this make me very happy, just