Old Tin Spinning Top with Excellent Hand-Painted Color handcrafted Examples of this sort are

Examples of this sort are most often referred to as Napoleonic prisoner of war work

part of right facing ear loose (easily resecured) and some reinforcement around the neck at some point

heavy iron ones

8 3/4" x 6 7/8" Good condition

and I love the clunky screws and bolts attaching them to his torso and red paint too

Old Tin Spinning Top with Excellent Hand-Painted Color handcrafted Examples of this sort areI'm a sucker for old spinning tops for me as much a vehicle for great color as anything else and this appears an early one, with hand painted rather than lithographed color. I haven't had much luck getting it spinning but haven't tried very hard there are push starters that will fit over the stem of ones like this, though an expert flick of the wrist on a flat surface might do just as well. Personally, I'm very content just to set it somewhere to look