Antique Mechanical Wooden Boxing Toy, Presumed Weston Toy Company hand-painted acrobat toy I'm not quite totally sure

I'm not quite totally sure the purpose of this one

and would usually have tapestry-woven faces with dramatic facial features

some wear to the wood and paint around the edges and sides

with tiny tears to the top right and bottom left corners

I think perhaps many things at once

Antique Mechanical Wooden Boxing Toy, Presumed Weston Toy Company hand-painted acrobat toy I'm not quite totally sureI've had a few of these old push button boxing toys in the shop, and love them so much I just can't pass them by. I believe this one was made by the Weston Toy Company in Weston, CT, which operated from 1859 to 1899, though there were several iterations of this so I am not 100% certain. When you press the button on at the center of the wooden base, the boxers lean in towards each other to butt heads, causing their arms to swing as well. I especially