Large Old Wooden Spinning Top kind I purchased at an antique

I purchased at an antique store in Missouri

with recipes for cocktails from the Absinthe Drop to the Ramos Gin Fizz interspersed with ads for El Encanto Department Store

but if it is very humid it might need a quick pop in the freezer to correct a bit of expansion

In between are lots of putti

Teppich was born in Germany in 1904

Large Old Wooden Spinning Top kind I purchased at an antiqueI love old wooden spinning tops just as a form, and this is an especially lovely one, as pure a form as can be, with a great patina to boot. Heavy and smooth, I'd probably put it on the desk to use it as a paperweight, picking it up occasionally to give it a twirl around. (I believe there was likely once a separate winding device that attached to wind it up and properly get it spinning.) 5" tall x 2 3 4" diameter at widest. Excellent overall