Posted 9 years ago
JSmed
(124 items)
"Wizard Toy" Bearded Wizard and Snake Image printed cardboard cover plate and metal Encased Gyroscopic spinning flyweel disc novelty toy. Patent Applied For. The graphics look like it is possibly a novelty toy from the early 1900s. I wonder if it was some kind of follow up toy to The Irving's Wizard Top by the Wizard Novelty Co. . Apparently this toy never caught on because I find no others and no mention of it anywhere on the web. It does spin for a very long time with just a brief twist of the top shaft with your finger tips. Several minutes sometimes.
I recently found one of these in its original box.
The box has the same artwork but also says:
CHAS. LEE RUSSELL
FULTON ILL. USA
I tried researching that but couldn't find anything about it.
Would love to know more.