SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway carved rabbit I've rarely met an image

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

with one small tear in the leather of one sleeve near the elbow

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

who established the studio in 2000 and make functional wood-fired pottery

SOLD Rare Antique Conehead Figure with Chair Acrobat Toy, Made in Norway carved rabbit I've rarely met an imageCertainly 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