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Description
16" (40 cm). Upon a wooden grass-painted
platform is arranged a large wooden chair
with painted scroll and clown decorations. A
bisque-headed clown with glass eyes, white
clown complexion with painted red designs, is
attached to the chair with metal rods. The rod
is also attached to a wooden handled-bellows
at the base, and when the bellows is pushed
the doll performs a series of amusing
acrobatic tricks on the chair. Condition:
bisque, platform and mechanism excellent,
original silk costume is somewhat frail. Marks:
12/0. Comments: French, circa 1890. Value
Points: wonderfully amusing toy with original
costume, painted surface, functions perfectly.