A Wonderful Rare Late 19thC Automaton Acrobat Sand Toy in Glazed Display Box sub-Curios Height: 12 inches

Height: 12 inches

a rosette gave rise to the idea of the present French tricolor

onyx and ivory

120” (one with some later graffiti over) and the rear panel reads simply “Fry’s Chocolate’

a truly rare example of preserved celebrity Pipistrellus pipistrellus taxidermy

A Wonderful Rare Late 19thC Automaton Acrobat Sand Toy in Glazed Display Box sub-Curios Height: 12 inchesOrigin: 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