Lionel Tin Litho Milk Car Platform kids drawing handmade in Russia (in Moscow

handmade in Russia (in Moscow I believe) in the early 1960s

though there are a fair number of small gilded cast bronze animals out there-- Japanese and Chinese

which is part of what I think makes it feel so special

it is in excellent vintage condition

terrifically beautiful

Lionel Tin Litho Milk Car Platform kids drawing handmade in Russia (in MoscowI 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