1880s Ernst Heinrichsen German Painted Lead Soldiers Set with Original Box Lid clay marbles There are just a couple

There are just a couple of spots where an edge is a bit more worn/irregular

perhaps functioning as a gate or door weight

I fell in love this this box before even seeing the homemade dominoes inside--both a bit imperfect

maybe there was just a wing to either side

Using nothing more than wood

1880s Ernst Heinrichsen German Painted Lead Soldiers Set with Original Box Lid clay marbles There are just a coupleFelt feels to me like time for a blue army! And I love the scale and delicacy of these hand painted lead soldiers, produced by Ernst Heinrichsen, Nrnberg (Nuremberg) in 1882. 29 figures total here, from what I believe was a complete set of 30, with one cavalry officer, one flag bearer, one trumpeter, two drummers, and the rest marching along carrying rifles with bayonets. (Those rifles, and indeed the figures themself, are pretty pliable, so can be