Old Handmade Make Do Wood and Metal Toy Car desk brush and that this brush was

and that this brush was for cleaning the spokes of an old bike

I believe he dates to the late 40s or so

but really

Just the figure measures 4 5/8" t

I believe this tiny one is carved of boxwood

Old Handmade Make Do Wood and Metal Toy Car desk brush and that this brush wasThis is just a little thing, but I love it so much, perhaps most of all the red star painted wheels. I am not completely sure what the metal pieces were salvaged from, but surely they had a life before becoming the sides of this little car or truck (?), nailed (with nice fat nails) to the sides of an old block of wood that forms the main body, and painted blue and red (much of which is clearly long gone.) Things like this make me very happy, just