Sculptural Old Handmade Stacking Toy with Chippy Paint distressed I'd guess this basket dates

I'd guess this basket dates to the first half of the 20th century

clinical looking dark green box with silver print and one initial--"H" for horse in this case

It is marked with what appears to be a B on the bottom

Very well constructed

I'd guess maybe 1940s or so

Sculptural Old Handmade Stacking Toy with Chippy Paint distressed I'd guess this basket datesThe perfect opposite of the classic modern rainbow Playskool and Holgate wooden stacking toys that I also love, this old lovingly homemade three post stacker is about as expressive as it gets, transcending its toy hood to enter the realm of pure sculpture. (It makes me think a bit of Richard Tuttle, and a bit of the sculptures of Cy Twombly, too.) Not a perfectly round piece among them, and the sizes of the holes are all over the place too. The three