An Early 20thC French Card & Softwood Pierrot Clown Pop Up c.1910-30 reserved 1950-65Diameter: 56”Depth: 7

1950-65Diameter: 56”Depth: 7

5 inches high to 6

The Box: Width: 19

survives from the late Victorian to Edwardian period England

on Cardinal Bottari's invitation went to Rome

An Early 20thC French Card & Softwood Pierrot Clown Pop Up c.1910-30 reserved 1950-65Diameter: 56”Depth: 7Origin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1910 25Height: 22. 5Width: 13Depth: 2The amusing and highly decorative printed pressed card and softwood pop up, modelled as two clowns, or Pierrots with typically brightly adorned face make up, pointed hats, shoes and costumes, the concealed clown popping up when the lower bullseye button marked depose is pressed from a wooden mechanism, to a black line decorated backing with hanging cord,