Sold for:
$2,600
$2,600
Pair of Acrobats as Candy Container, probably France, early 20th century, modeled as a seated clown on white-painted chair supporting his partner mid-air in handstand position, both with bisque heads, open mouths, one with brown, the other blue glass eyes, blonde mohair wigs arranged in topknots, carton bodies and papier-mache hands, the seated clown with cylindrical torso opening at waist, in original two-tone pink and gray lace-trimmed satin costumes, ht. 24 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-08-23
