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Description
30" (76 cm.) Seated upon a four-legged wooden
stool,his left foot resting on the bottom rung,is
a paper-mache headed clown with white
complexion,brown glass eyes,painted clown
decorations,and two-color clownish hair. The clown
wears his original and well-preserved
diamond-patterned clown costume over carton
torso,paper-mache legs and lower arms. A wooden
stick and spiral-striped ball are held in his
right hand. Movements and Music. Nodding in a
circular motion,he turns to the left while
gesturing with his left hand as though to draw the
attention of on-lookers. Then,turning to the
right,he moves his right arm side-to-side,causing
the ball to move up and down the stick as though
he is juggling or balancing the ball.
Throughout,his eyelids blink and his tongue sticks
in and out,first a little and then a lot. There
are two musical tunes. Vichy/Triboulet,Paris,circa
1900. The grand luxury automaton is beautifully
preserved,original costume,decorations and
parts,and having realistic and wonderfully
synchronized activity.