A Wonderful Rare Late 19thC Automaton Acrobat Sand Toy in Glazed Display Box sub-Curios and for his erotic works

and for his erotic works

and came to learn what is important in life

The use of porcupine quill to decorate boxes for export was common in India in the nineteenth-century

bringing all the magic

A Wonderful Rare Late 19thC Automaton Acrobat Sand Toy in Glazed Display Box sub-Curios and for his erotic worksOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 The Case: Height: 11. 75 inches Width: 8. 25 inches Depth: 3. 25 inches The glass, lithographed paper, and stained pine construction with gilded pillars having a background of elephants, clowns and entertainers with hand decorated draped turquoise theater curtain, the multi joined acrobat spinning on a central peg axis, the action requiring anti clockwise charging