SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway wooden bowl with handle There is a bit of

There is a bit of bending to the tin along the top edge and plenty of rust on the back side but just a little  in the background on the front

How at ease the boy in dark jacket at right looks leaning against his friend

it is certainly a fine and to my eye strikingly beautiful thing

though it also almost seems as if a mend

and these great swinging arms to make knocking them down all the more dramatic

SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway wooden bowl with handle There is a bit ofCertainly I've bought and sold a few mechanical acrobats of various sorts, but I've never before seen one whose whole routine centers around standing on and flipping up and over a chair! I presume this white painted cone headed figure once wore a hat of some sort, but I quite like them as is (what a wonderful face) and with a little playing around one can use the wire handle to raise and swing him (or her) into all sorts of positions, and hold them