#196

Collection of Animals and Accessories from Humpty Dumpty Circus by Schoenhut
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8" (20 cm.) Each is of carved wood with original painted finish, articulated joints for posing, and each with rarer glass eyes, including wolf with open mouth and painted teeth, leather ears, stiffened canvas tail; pig with open mouth, curly tail, one leather ear; lamb with carved tail and original attached bell, leather ears; single hump camel with open mouth, rope tail and leather ears; zebra with sightly open mouth, leather ears (missing tail); bull dog with unusual painted face, leather ears, rope tail, red leather collar; donkey with leather ears, rope tail, unusually detail carving of nose and mouth, original blanket; elephant with leather ears, tusks, original flannel blanket, and monkey with painted mask face, painted eyes, tail, original costume. Along with two clowns, each with two-part head, with original costumes, and two ladders, two chairs and five barrels and stands. Very good condition, original finish with typical play wear. American, Schoenhut's Humpty Dumpty circus, circa 1900.