1930s Art Deco Style Bellhop antique hand-painted tin it just would not let

it just would not let me walk away

it's hollow on the interior so that the ends of whatever it's holding can slip down inside

Complete set of nine pins and two balls on smoothly rolling cart

I understand from the seller that I purchased this from that it was made by a Boy Scout

Very thin walled porcelain

1930s Art Deco Style Bellhop antique hand-painted tin it just would not letThough I didn't know it when I found him, I've since learned that this bellhop was produced in conjunction with a Philip Morris cigarette advertising campaign launched in 1933, and would once have carried either a bundle of cigarettes in one hand and a book of matches in the other (or else a cruet set; there were a couple of different versions produced, and I believe they were often displayed on hotel bars.) His baggage is long since gone, leaving his