Wonderful c. 1920s Velox Snapshot of Clowns at Leisure at Water Circus antique schoolgirl 7 7/8" x 6 1/4"

7 7/8" x 6 1/4"

with this wonderful play of screws and bolts and holes and outlines

I love the performative bar tending this would enable

This small carving is made of ancient fossilized brain coral (Symphillia

with drippy red mouth and yellow around the black eye balls

Wonderful c. 1920s Velox Snapshot of Clowns at Leisure at Water Circus antique schoolgirl 7 7/8" x 6 1/4"I purchased this and one other I am listing at a flea market in Adamstown, PA, plucked from a larger lot all taken at a water circus, c. 1920s I believe. (I should have bought the whole lot for context, but most of them were much less interesting.) But what a gem this one! I'm not clown obsessed, but I am obsessed with these four, looking relaxed and playful and flirtatious, and making me think about the connections between clowning and drag. And then