Early
20th Century Folk Art Fairground Elephant
We share what we love, and we
love this charming and naively formed early 20th century hand craved
fairground ride figure. With a delightful folk-art appeal, likely to have been constructed
by a fairground showman using hand carved wooden sections and metal support rivetted
sheets. The layers of paint are visible as some sections have flaked away. With
its original support hole in place on top and underneath. We truly adore this highly
decorative figure, and so have named him Nelly. We would assume Nelly is from a children’s
amusement ride or sorts and likely to be English or French in origin. A
complete one off and in our humble opinion a work of art.
Size in inches Approx.: H 29” x W
37” x D 9”
Condition: Aged
Origin: England / France
Age: Early 20th Century
Completely solid in structure and form, Natural aging across
all aged surfaces. There is natural wear from years of use as shown. With
crackled aged paint (firmly in place) but loss of painted sections as shown
also. The tusks have broken off and the hole has been painted over many years
ago. This item weights close of 30kg and stands along without support.
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and as described, we ask that all clients consider the items age and photos
that have been supplied to display the items condition. If you have any questions,
we urge you to contact us directly, where we will only be so happy to assist in
helping you before a purchase is made to avoid any disappointment.