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Description
8 1/2" (22 cm.) w. 8".h. The amusing pair of
mechanical clown toys depict mischievous
antics,each on identically-styled tinplate stage
with pierced holes for emanation of musical
sound,and with hidden wind-up mechanism below. One
depicts a clown with trombone riding on the back
of another clown who has cymbals attached to the
toes of his clown shoes,and the other depicts a
fiddle-playing clown on a chair seated alongside a
clown on a barrel. When wound,they each perform
amusing actions while tinkling music plays. A
bellows action allows the trombone clown and the
barrel clown to bounce up and down,for example.
Condition: the finish is completely
original,albeit well worn,mechanism and music
function well on both. Comments: circa,1890. Value
Points: the rarity of the two early toys is
rivaled only by their charming actions,music,and
unusual complicated mechanisms.