A Rare Early 20thC Painted Plaster Laughing Clown Fairground Ball-Toss Game c.1910-20 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles There is some expected light

There is some expected light discoloration and minor creasing to the corners

This pair would’ve almost certainly been one offs

The specimens are hand annotated with the Latin names as follows with some numbers possibly being the dates found such as ’71 and ’75:

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

cumin oil was originally from the Mediterranean area

A Rare Early 20thC Painted Plaster Laughing Clown Fairground Ball-Toss Game c.1910-20 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles There is some expected lightOrigin: 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