A Wonderful Rare Late 19thC Automaton Acrobat Sand Toy in Glazed Display Box

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A Wonderful Rare Late 19thC Automaton Acrobat Sand Toy in Glazed Display BoxOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 The Case: Height: 11. 75 inches Width: 8. 25 inches Depth: 3. 25 inches The glass, lithographed paper, and stained pine construction with gilded pillars having a background of elephants, clowns and entertainers with hand decorated draped turquoise theater curtain, the multi joined acrobat spinning on a central peg axis, the action requiring anti clockwise charging

piece of early fairground memorabilia

Depth: 15 inches (at base)

Houndsditch

the skirt overhanging the lower barrel flange terminating in a fluted bonnet and painted in American stars and stripes

Considered a traitor

with a capital base of £5

postally unused and in good condition with only light creasing

the annotations to include the likes of ‘screws’

of Nottingham

hanging from a smooth wooden pole

or simply just inspired by her legacy

Width: 18 inches (at maximum)