Passed
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Description
24" (61 cm.) Arranged upon a faux-rosewood base with ebony border is a wooden chair upon which is seated a composition-head clown,holding a violin and bow in his hands. He has a highly characterized facial model with uptilted long nose,painted white complexion with clown decorations,open mouth,painted teeth,carrot-red mohair wig,carton torso and composition hands,wearing silk and cotton costume,velvet clown hat. Movements and Music. The clown turns his head from side-to-side while blinking his eyes (actually,rolling up and down),and his right arm strumming the violin. His foot is designed to tap (needs adjustment) in time to the music. Tunes play independently. Maker uncertain,attributed to Adolf Mueller,circa 1900.