**SOLD** M235 Patriotic Child's Toy Snare Drum with opposing embossed flags around the center and pressed geometric designs on the wooden bands at top and bottom. A braided cord woven through lead loops / hooks provides the tension to keep the drum together. The focal point of the embossed gold tin center with punched venthole features a total of four opposing flags that retain their original polychrome paint decoration in red, white and blue. Each flag bears 13 stars in a 3-2-3 linear pattern. The heads appear to be animal skins with gut snares intact on bottom. Wooden drumsticks included. (One drumstick is missing the tip.)
Circa 1876–1898.
Measurements: 9” diameter x 7” tall.
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