1930s Art Deco Style Bellhop antique hand-painted tin Complete set of nine pins

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

one can just feel these things

but I think it is the combination of carefully hand-carved shape (with carve marks visible)

it just would not let me walk away

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

1930s Art Deco Style Bellhop antique hand-painted tin Complete set of nine pinsThough 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