Antique Painted Tin Folk Art Pair of Figures in Bowlers with Pointing Arms chalk Perfect on the counter filled

Perfect on the counter filled with fresh fruit or veggies

some brighter

I find it near impossible to find small antique wooden frames

woven of oak splint I believe

The San Jose mission was founded in 1797 by the Franciscan order--the 14th Spanish mission established in California--and

Antique Painted Tin Folk Art Pair of Figures in Bowlers with Pointing Arms chalk Perfect on the counter filledI bought this one at a very good antiques show in Pennsylvania, from a dealer who had had it in her personal collection for many years. Perhaps obvious to someone else, but I'm not sure if once part of a sign or a weathervane or what, but I'd guess the pointing fingers on these two articulated, painted tin men in bowlers were meant to point toward something! Perhaps the round balls fists at the ends their other arms giving a clue? maybe part of a