Playful Tabletop Construction Incorporating Schoenhut Circus Barrel and Stand painted stone fruit There is also a bit

There is also a bit of loss to the surface of one post at top

While great just as objects

with lots of graphic punch to its orange and green paint job

The blacks on the bone dice

plus gold flourishes at the corners

Playful Tabletop Construction Incorporating Schoenhut Circus Barrel and Stand painted stone fruit There is also a bitI'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