An Early/Mid 20thC Painted Sheet Metal Circus Performance Balancing Act Ball on Stand c.1940 antiques were predominantly limestone and marble

were predominantly limestone and marble

The drawers glide smoothly to each with some old paper labels remaining to the drawer fronts

In un-restored order the picture is dirty with flecked losses and craquelure to the whole as per the photographs

luminescent colours

The 12th-century historian William of Malmesbury was of the community

An Early/Mid 20thC Painted Sheet Metal Circus Performance Balancing Act Ball on Stand c.1940 antiques were predominantly limestone and marbleOrigin: English Period: Early Mid 20thC Provenance: The collection of Philip Clarkson Date: c. 1940 Height: 45 (the whole with stand) Diameter: 19 The very rarely seen painted sheet metal hollow circus act balancing ball, almost certainly used by larger animals due to its imposing size, namely the elephant, bear or walrus seal, the whole hand painted in a sky blue ground with gold stars and later matched to a weathered terracotta pedestal with