Pair of Early Gibbs Tin Litho Spinning Tops with Winder original illustrations because they seem especially good

because they seem especially good together

and this is quite a charming one

pinned tight along the edges all the way around

in wonderful and evocative combinations

which led me to think this one might be too

Pair of Early Gibbs Tin Litho Spinning Tops with Winder original illustrations because they seem especially goodA lovely pair of early Gibbs tin litho spinning tops; I pretty much never come across ones as nice as these, so optically satisfying with those bright stripes and yellow bottoms, and they are excellent spinners. They came with a wooden spring loading winder, which seems to click into place on top, but I haven't figured out how to make it work (there is a push button release but it seems to just stay in place, so I can't say for sure that it is in