SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway pair of small serving bowls annotated with an old hand-painted

annotated with an old hand-painted sign describing it in a matter of fact but inevitably poetic feeling manner

but I believe that is more a product of the aging of the wood than remnants of paint

I'm not sure the age on these but they're definitely pretty old

and that from head to toe he seems about as honest and earnest looking as the come--exactly the right sort to have in the kitchen

SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway pair of small serving bowls annotated with an old hand-paintedCertainly 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