Circus Platform

DateLate 19th Century

Mediumwood

Dimensions1 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 cm)

Object number1994.63.11g

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionThis is a toy circus platform made of wood of a cylindrical shape that widens toward the bottom. The main portion is painted blue with a painted scallop and floral border. The figurines were found with a paper reading "Composition Circus Figures, late 19th Century, Gift of Anne Wheeler, Westport Point, Mass." Shown with 1994.63.11i.

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