OLDIES-ODDIES-FAVORITES
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Just a few more to see here and you're done with stoppers,
but there are many others out there, so keep looking!

These stoppers are called "Push Puppets."  You press the base downward which relieves the tension
on the cords holding them together and they bend and sway.  Letting go of the base brings them back to their original position.  The one on the left is a couple that seem to dance when manipulated, and on the right, the now familiar theme, a drunk.  He should actually have a bottle or jug in his left hand.

My friend, Bill Kneisel, called these little children "pin hole eyed kids."  (He's wasn't  fond of them.)  You'll find them on many different ANRI items, especially napkin rings.  They also made little girls usually seen
holding flowers.  Because of this type of head/neck system, collectors often refer to them as 'nodders.'
    
ANRI may not have intended it, but I see these two as Douglas MacArthur and Santa Claus.  The military man rolls his eyes and sticks out his tongue when a lever is depressed.  Santa is showing his split personality as a head-in-head stopper.

Well, that's the end of the stopper show for now.  Please let me know if you have any stoppers that aren't represented here, or if you have any you think I'd like to add to my collection.

From here you may go to the Bar Sets and Bar Scenes, or return home.  Thanks for staying with me so far!


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