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Description
32" (81 cm.) Standing upon a large velvet-covered wooden platform stage is a composition-head clown with oil-painted clown features and whitened complexion,glass eyes,hinged jaw,open mouth with painted teeth,and carrot red hair. He is smarly re-costumed in turquoise brocade clown suit with black felt flannel top hat and "jeweled" silk shoes. He is standing aside a pedestal table with fringed black velvet cover and having hidden "magician's" cubby hole under the matching black velvet cone.Movement and Music. The Magician faces forward,beckoning,his lower jaw opening and closing as if he is talking. Gesturing,he raises his right arm slightly and turns his head while raising the cone with his left hand. Each time he raises the cone,a new "surprise" appears on the table; there are four such surprises comprising egg,baby chick,glass clear marble,and die. The concealed mechanism is driven by a large-sized clockwork motor driven by three cams. There is an early snuff-box-style musical movement with drawstring and separate stop/start controls. Maker unknown,Germany,circa 1900.