Daggers! Vintage Lewis Smith (1907-18988) Ink Drawing (with Baseball Bats on Reverse) shrimp netsuke debuted its Humpty Dumpty Circus

debuted its Humpty Dumpty Circus in 1903 and this stand I believe dates to not long after that

I assume doing some commercial work on the side to make some money

Great button eyes

I am honestly not 100% sure what the face of these dominoes is made of

I find it very hard to resist antique pin cushions like these--so much care

Daggers! Vintage Lewis Smith (1907-18988) Ink Drawing (with Baseball Bats on Reverse) shrimp netsuke debuted its Humpty Dumpty CircusSelf taught Ohio based artist Lewis Smith (1907 1988) is best known for his drawings of diners, women boxers and wrestlers, and trains (it was a lifetime railroad pass that allowed him to travel beyond the family farm in rural Ohio to pursue his other subjects), but I always like the unusual ones, and the most casual sorts of drawings, so jumped immediately on this one, which reminds me of tattoo flash art, too. Daggers and sort of anchor like forms