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Description
16" (41 cm) overall. A red wooden framed chariot with pressed paperboard sides decorated with embossed winged and scroll designs centered by a lion's head at the front has two wooden wheels with carved designs, and is being pulled by a carved wooden burro with glass eyes and original harness. Standing in the chariot is a carved wooden clown with two-part head, original costume with clover, diamond and star designs. Condition: very good, all painting and parts appear original, separation at side seams of head. Comments: Schoenhut, circa 1905,from their series of four circus wagons. Value Points: the chariot and clown combines great rarity and imaginative design; few examples are known to exist.