A German Tinplate Clockwork ‘Jolly Clown’ c.1920 sub-Curios The Greek Slave followed an

The Greek Slave followed an arc of production that was typical of nineteenth-century marble sculpture

This fine quality dish would essentially have been an expensive souvenir at the fair in Boston where it was inscribed 18 years after it was actually made in 1875 in Edinburgh

25” (at head)

the squat elongated body with stubby legs

This dresser base almost has the feel of a shop counter in its configuration

A German Tinplate Clockwork ‘Jolly Clown’ c.1920 sub-Curios The Greek Slave followed anOrigin: GermanPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1920 30Height: 6. 75 (at maximum)Width: 3Depth: 3The charming mechanical toy in the form of the head and shoulders of a laughing clown wearing a Pierrot hat with red pom poms to a red and black painted face and ruff with black chequered suit, the whole being flat lithographed and mounted on a clockwork motor operating a cam which moves the mouth and head in a jaunty manner and surviving from