Push-up toy
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Fabric adn wood or papier-mâché
Measurements
160 mm (length); 269 mm (height); 70 mm (diameter)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664742
Summary
A clown or jester with a painted wood or papier-mâché face, a floral fabric ruff and a fabric body with stuffed arms. The three pointed hat is also stuffed and the middle point has a brass bell attached to it. The lower edge of the fabric body is sewn or glued to the inner edge of a floral fabric covered cone. At the tapered end of the cone is a wooden rod which has split in two. At the end of one piece is a wooden ball. When the stick is pushed into the cone it pushes the clown or jester upwards. Total number of items is 2.