$4,994
Extensive Schoenhut "Humpty Dumpty Circus," early 20th century, no. 30/5, big top with cloth pendants and metal trapeze, wood framed board floor with 23-inch ring, standard size people and animals: five clowns (including black and oriental figures), ring master, two lion tamers, lady bare-back rider and a male acrobat with bisque heads; glass-eyed animals: hippopotamus, elephant, goat, and camel; painted eyed animals: giraffe, reindeer, donkey, lion, tiger, two white poodles, one brown and two white horses, bison, ostrich, pig, and goose; three ladders, two goblets, four barrels, ball, three pedestals, two tubs, two chairs and hoop, (fabric and paint wear, some missing parts, some of the figures in need of restringing), base wd. 36, dp. 24 in. Provenance: Estate of Caleb Fullham.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-05-03
