tail (beard may not be original); Style I Arabian camel with V-grooved nose and open mouth; Style II giraffe with unusual head shape; Style II hippo with one-piece head and neck, painted teeth and two wooden fangs; Style I kangaroo; Style I polar bear with painted black eye corners; Style I poodle with cloth ruff; Style I sea lion with unusual (original?) painted white whiskers and snow flecks around the eyes; Style II zebra with closed mouth; Style I donkey with narrow nose (missing mane); Style I with leather horns and ears; and Style I leopard with full ball neck. Good/excellent condition. American, Schoenhut from the HumptyDumpty menagerie of circus animals. Three of the animals (zebu, mountain goat, and buffalo) have original metal buttons on under-belly with HumptyDumpty insignia. A wonderful and extensive group of glass-eyed animals, three with rare metal labels. $3500/5000
226. American Wooden Humpty-Dumpty Circus Figures by Schoenhut 8" (20 cm.) The all-wooden circus figures include monkey with heart-shaped face and painted features, row of teeth, wearing original costume, rope tail; clown with applied face and ears, wide beaming smile, original costume; painted eye donkey, stool, and see-saw. Very good/excellent condition. American, circa 1910, Schoenhut from their Humpty-Dumpty circus. $600/900
225. Thirteen Wonderful American Wooden Glass-Eyed Circus Animals by Schoenhut 8" (20 cm.) The collection of thirteen carved and painted wooden animals from the popular toy circus each feature glass eyes, and
227. Three American Circus Performers by Schoenhut
include Style II buffalo with cloth ruff, closed mouth, leather ears and horns; Style I mountain goat with leather horns, beard and
8" (20 cm.) Including lady and man circus performers, each with bisque head, sculpted hair, painted facial features, wooden body with jointing at shoulders and hips, clothes-pin hands and slits in feet for posing on circus accessory pieces; and lion tamer with wooden/ paper-mache head and brown sculpted hair and moustache. Condition: generally excellent, some craquelure on lion tamer. American, Schoenhut for the Humpty-Dumpty circus, circa 1910. $600/900
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