Extra Large Painted Folk Art Spinning Top transfer ware child's cupBlind Mans Buff and by the end of

and by the end of my stop if I've become pretty attached to it I won't let it go

with a patina beginning to develop on the dry wood surface

with all that wool to snuggle into

a metallurgist in charge of the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory

The front of the right foot is chipped

Extra Large Painted Folk Art Spinning Top transfer ware child's cupBlind Mans Buff and by the end ofAt one point surely there was a string that wrapped around this which one would use to set it spinning, but I like it just as an object now, and rather a patriotic one, too, hand painted red white and blue. It's about as large a wooden top as Ive seen, with a satisfying form and metal disks at either end, meaning it could be wound and spun on either end. Id guess 1940s or so. 6 1 4 l x 3 1 4 d and in good condition.