Antique Homemade Marble Run with Large Catching Platform (for All Sorts of Things) Scheier He sits up on his

He sits up on his own and would do so perfectly on a shelf

and voluminous purple skirt of woman on the other--and then that great view of the landscape behind them through huge open window

all seams tightly held and no losses

Only recently did I learn--through my mother's sleuthing of pottery marks--that it was made by Michael Cohen

Antique Homemade Marble Run with Large Catching Platform (for All Sorts of Things) Scheier He sits up on hisI love a marble run, and this is really a a lovely and lovingly crafted old homemade one. What I especially love is the large marble catching tray the ramp feeds into, which to me is an invitation to create a whole set up into which those rolling marbles spill! A nice spot for some little wooden folk art houses, say, or one might construct a whole obstacle course! Or, one could set an old marbles jumping game board there and use the marble run as a