SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway carved rabbit 2 5/8 t “sitting up”

2 5/8 t “sitting up”

(Clearly he's built for scissors a bit smaller than the large ones I photographed him with

I really like whoever saw the beauty in this piece of wood

I've rarely met an image of a pipe I didn't like -- to me

and a few small moth nibbles as evident--all of which seem appropriate to me for the armband of a guide who surely had do some sort of bushwhacking

SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway carved rabbit 2 5/8 t “sitting up”Certainly 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