A Rare Early 20thC Painted Plaster Laughing Clown Fairground Ball-Toss Game c.1910-20

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A Rare Early 20thC Painted Plaster Laughing Clown Fairground Ball-Toss Game c.1910-20Origin: EnglishPeriod: Edwardian George VProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1910 20Height: 26Width: 21Depth: 16 (all at extremities)The early fairground or carnival ball game, comprising of a now fragmentary white washed plaster and hessian body with ruffled upper, to cast iron inner piping, to the original painted plaster clowns head with red highlights and conical pierrot hat, having an open mouth to act as the target for wooden balls, the whole now on a

whilst Peter Vowell and John Gerard are executed in London for plotting to assassinate Cromwell

consisting of a vertical line crossed by two shorter horizontal bars

Period: Mid 19thC

either scratched out as in the bust of Britten or as little scooped-out hollows as we see here

particularly the faint flowers seen at the base are all deftly executed

Depth: 25”

Korea and Japan

It's wonderful dogs they're breeding now:

The Base: 13” x 13

it's my opinion

Granny chic at its best this is a hugely charming and inviting chair that proves incredibly difficult not to sit in

Canvas Widths: 23 inches