Polka Dotted Antique Hanging Jumping Jack Pull Toy Clown handmade wooden figures British mathematician and historian Jacob

British mathematician and historian Jacob Bronowski

MA in a house filled to the brim with a lifetime's accumulation with all sorts of wonderful things

and might be inclined to adopt a couple of actual dogs who bear their likeness

Especially great in the windowsill—or maybe pop an electric candle inside and use as a bedside night light

Plus a few wonderful drawings and some stickers mixed in

Polka Dotted Antique Hanging Jumping Jack Pull Toy Clown handmade wooden figures British mathematician and historian JacobI have only found one other old jointed pull toy clown out there that matches this one precisely in structure and silhouette, though it was painted in a striped outfit, not nearly as great as these polka dots! Late 19th or very early 20th century, and I would guess German, though I am not certain on that. It's definitely a rare one and I think wonderful from tip to toes, with a mischievous grin, pink painted finger nails, terrific ruffles at the