SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway wooden bowl with handle though it also almost seems

though it also almost seems as if a mend

all the more for trials he's surely been through

with out-turned lip (which I believe denotes it as a monk's bowl

Hard not to feel a little happier with this around

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

SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway wooden bowl with handle though it also almost seemsCertainly 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