Lionel Tin Litho Milk Car Platform antique thermometer and the stems of the

and the stems of the hairpin are a bit bent

5” wide x 5” tall

giving the piece a great dynamism

with awesome incised Egyptian-inspired drawings

bands of intricately carved pattern

Lionel Tin Litho Milk Car Platform antique thermometer and the stems of theI really love this thing, which feels like a modernist sculpture to me, and also the perfect tabletop stage on and around which to arrange other little things. I've learned that it was made by Lionel Electric Trains, c. late 40s I think, and would once have been sold along with a milk truck, which would pull up in front of the platform to unload milk. Now on its own it makes for a super satisfying little architectural object I think. It is well