A Rare Early 20thC Painted Plaster Laughing Clown Fairground Ball-Toss Game c.1910-20 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles These wonderfully individual pieces are

These wonderfully individual pieces are most often found in smaller sizes purely for ease of handling whilst wandering in the mountain regions

one ear has been repaired slightly but he is in fine order throughout otherwise

Their pieces are heavily sought after by collectors today and are often

Within a year lead was being stripped from the Abbey's roof and the buildings were dismantled even though the monks were still in residence

In a cruel twist of fate

A Rare Early 20thC Painted Plaster Laughing Clown Fairground Ball-Toss Game c.1910-20 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles These wonderfully individual pieces areOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Edwardian George VProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1910 20Height: 26Width: 21Depth: 16 (all at extremities)The early fairground or carnival ball game, comprising of a now fragmentary white washed plaster and hessian body with ruffled upper, to cast iron inner piping, to the original painted plaster clowns head with red highlights and conical pierrot hat, having an open mouth to act as the target for wooden balls, the whole now on a