A Wonderful Rare Late 19thC Automaton Acrobat Sand Toy in Glazed Display Box sub-Curios Height: 12 inches

Height: 12 inches

As vintage luggage goes this is a superb example that is reminiscent of the steam railways and liners of old

120” (one with some later graffiti over) and the rear panel reads simply “Fry’s Chocolate’

though this and the whole both remain in original condition

a truly rare example of preserved celebrity Pipistrellus pipistrellus taxidermy

A Wonderful Rare Late 19thC Automaton Acrobat Sand Toy in Glazed Display Box sub-Curios Height: 12 inchesOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 The Case: Height: 11. 75 inches Width: 8. 25 inches Depth: 3. 25 inches The glass, lithographed paper, and stained pine construction with gilded pillars having a background of elephants, clowns and entertainers with hand decorated draped turquoise theater curtain, the multi joined acrobat spinning on a central peg axis, the action requiring anti clockwise charging