A Rare Early 20thC Painted Plaster Laughing Clown Fairground Ball-Toss Game c.1910-20 sub-Art & Sculpture In 1900 Thomas Kerfoot was

In 1900 Thomas Kerfoot was joined in partnership by his son

The usefulness of a fire screen is threefold

Probably once part of a games set

How fascinating the walnut is

There are shrinkage gaps between the boards to the top and the leather is completely lacking to the left end

A Rare Early 20thC Painted Plaster Laughing Clown Fairground Ball-Toss Game c.1910-20 sub-Art & Sculpture In 1900 Thomas Kerfoot wasOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Edwardian George VProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1910 20Height: 26Width: 21Depth: 16 (all at extremities)The early fairground or carnival ball game, comprising of a now fragmentary white washed plaster and hessian body with ruffled upper, to cast iron inner piping, to the original painted plaster clowns head with red highlights and conical pierrot hat, having an open mouth to act as the target for wooden balls, the whole now on a