Colorful Old Wooden Acrobat Squeeze Toy on Stand pastel landscape as one moves around it

as one moves around it

I can never resist old treen cups and goblets

but as framed it does not jump out much

There is a chip to the surface of the wood at the end of his nose on one side and to the tip of his hat on one side

Colorful Old Wooden Acrobat Squeeze Toy on Stand pastel landscape as one moves around itI find it impossible to resist these old acrobat squeeze toys when the acrobats are as good as this guy. How to resist this delightfully goofy, hand painted pink face, coupled with the fantastic turquoise and yellow of his outfit? I'd think he dates to the early 20th century, and extra nice that there is a base to squeeze handle, making for easy tabletop display. It takes a couple of squeezes to get him going, but once one does he's very acrobatic!