Playful Tabletop Construction Incorporating Schoenhut Circus Barrel and Stand painted stone fruit Fred Sandback

Fred Sandback

with a bit of warming to their dry wood surfaces

It seems they might once have worn hats at there is some white paint on the head of the plum one

While great just as objects

plus gold flourishes at the corners

Playful Tabletop Construction Incorporating Schoenhut Circus Barrel and Stand painted stone fruit Fred SandbackI'm not sure if this one was constructed with a purpose (i. e. as a key hanger!) or just as a playful sculpture toy, but clearly whoever made was having fun, and a fun thing it is. The blue and yellow pedestal base and the red white and blue barrel at top were both originally props in a Schoenhut Circus set, late 19th early 20th, which the maker of this joined via a metal rod, run through the center of a red stained wooden sphere bead, from which