SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway pair of small serving bowls I'm not sure the age

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

A couple of pages show staining as pictured but overall pretty good condition and the construction type paper on which they were drawn is not especially brittle

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

” I found it quite interesting to learn that Lavater's physiognomy work (which became enormously popular in France and England especially) is attributed with catalyzing the golden age for cut paper silhouettes

SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway pair of small serving bowls I'm not sure the ageCertainly 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