SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway wooden bowl with handle There is a bit of

There is a bit of bending to the tin along the top edge and plenty of rust on the back side but just a little  in the background on the front

all the more for trials he's surely been through

I really love how the smaller front wheels tip this dog forward

I like it for the lettering--done in copper colored paint

with out-turned lip (which I believe denotes it as a monk's bowl

SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway wooden bowl with handle There is a bit ofCertainly 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