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Circus Photos

These photos are of rare pieces from several great Schoenhut circus collections.  Photos are the property of Jim and Judy Sneed and may not be reproduced without their written permission.

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A great collection of early circus pieces. Shown left to right are GE seal, two-part head lady rider, bisque lady rider, Max, GE bulldog. lion with cloth mane, two-part head clowns, and very early ring master.
The very earliest ring masters were characterized by a black coat, black hat, and a lapel flower. 

The lady rider with a two-part head is the rarest of the lady riders.
This is a great two-part head Chinaman acrobat.

The circus band would be the highlight of any collection. If only there were enough to go around! This one is about to be auctioned for about $16,000.
The one-part head Lion Tamer. Note the articulated arms and carved fingers in this one.

The wonderful Acrobat set.
In about 1910, Schoenhut produced several magnificent wagons that were very well modeled. This is the cage wagon.

A beautiful bisque lion tamer. Note that on this one, the gold coat ornamentation is painted on.
This is a donkey drawn toy with a reduced clown driver. Very rare.

Circuses were often sold in sets. This reduced set contains most of the more common reduced circus pieces.
A closer view of the pieces in this near mint set.

The clown creates the element of fun in the circus show. The white-faced clown controlled the clowning situation - often setting the up the gag at the expense of the Auguste (stupid or clumsy) clowns. These are early two-part head clowns.
 

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