Old Cast Iron Shooting Gallery Double Chipmunk (or Gopher?) Target, Working gumps almost tear drop shape

almost tear drop shape

" a nod I believe to Descarte's classic work of the same title

This is the second set I've had of late 19th/early 20th century domino playing cards produced by Charles Goodall & Son of London--though the other set was glossy with yellow borders

inventive Chicago artist

This is a stunning

Old Cast Iron Shooting Gallery Double Chipmunk (or Gopher?) Target, Working gumps almost tear drop shapeA fun one, and quite an old one I believe, with some of the original white paint still holding on the chipmunks, or gophers (or heads of squirrels if one prefers to think of them!) and bullseye at the center. All spring loaded, and all in good working order: hitting either of the chipmunks will knock them back, and hitting the target at the center will pop them back up which of course one can do manually, which is happily accompanied by satisfying