A German Tinplate Clockwork ‘Jolly Clown’ c.1920

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A German Tinplate Clockwork ‘Jolly Clown’ c.1920Origin: GermanPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1920 30Height: 6. 75 (at maximum)Width: 3Depth: 3The charming mechanical toy in the form of the head and shoulders of a laughing clown wearing a Pierrot hat with red pom poms to a red and black painted face and ruff with black chequered suit, the whole being flat lithographed and mounted on a clockwork motor operating a cam which moves the mouth and head in a jaunty manner and surviving from

The question of whether to leave well alone or try to restore to a more ‘original’ state is an intriguing quandary

lived in Pitsea in Essex and died in around 1960

Decidedly decorative

Tudric’ and in fine condition with the teapot having an ebony handle and knop finial

Theodore Garrett's six-part Encyclopedia of Practical Cookery (1892)

The base has been added at some stage in the late 20thC

Width: 28 inches

The gliding has a rather lovely patination and shows patchy wear which makes it very decorative

cast iron urn with fluted and lobed tapering flared body on a square pedestal base survives from the last quarter of the nineteenth century

directly copied from the same of the Hellenistic Age (4th-1st century B

He remains very decorative and essentially sound considering he is so versatile and would have been moved into thousands of different positions over decades of use

it is mainly used for its digestive properties

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