Distler, Germany 1920s Tin Litho Harold Lloyd Scissor Toy tiny wooden shovel Oil on cardboard and kind

Oil on cardboard and kind of shiny

with a wool weft and cotton warp

seems to me to perfectly embody Sweden's  distinct folky / modern mix

) off those clothes than one of those cheap plastic rollers that invariably fall apart and always exasperate me

which allows the longer lid below it to pull back from the wooden pin that holds it snugly in place and swing out itself

Distler, Germany 1920s Tin Litho Harold Lloyd Scissor Toy tiny wooden shovel Oil on cardboard and kindWith a little research I found an exact match of this guy on First Dibs (listed by a Belgian seller at $450) ridiculous, but useful, as we now know this fun tin litho scissor man was made by the German toy company Distler (whose antique tin toys do indeed fetch high prices), and that he represents Harold Lloyd, the American silent movie comic star, known as one of the most influential film comedians of the silent film era alongside Charlie Chaplin and