Pair of Early Gibbs Tin Litho Spinning Tops with Winder original illustrations pinned tight along the edges

pinned tight along the edges all the way around

opening 2 9/16” d and in good condition

because they seem especially good together

Pure joy finding this one

and this is quite a charming one

Pair of Early Gibbs Tin Litho Spinning Tops with Winder original illustrations pinned tight along the edgesA 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