Antique Kangaroo Tin Penny Toy vintage car I find the needlework really

I find the needlework really amazing--and looking closely

There is no ball included

is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art

Lifting the "all seeing eye" ribbon shows the fading of the color

to which the legs and tail have each been attached by nails (with the nail attached to the tail left loose enough to allow the tail to move from side to side

Antique Kangaroo Tin Penny Toy vintage car I find the needlework reallyI found a near exact match of this sweet old tin kangaroo that had been sold by an antique toy specialist online for $75. I love it, but that seems a little much, though I will take their description of it as a German penny toy dating to the 1910s 20s. There are a number of vintage tin kangaroo toys out there more recent, most which wind with a key and hop, which this one does not rather, it is unique in having curved fore legs, which allow it to rock