Playful Tabletop Construction Incorporating Schoenhut Circus Barrel and Stand painted stone fruit one larger

one larger

I really like its rustic-ness and the simplicity of the form--like a cheerio on a barbell

with lots of graphic punch to its orange and green paint job

with very satisfying modular stack of four balls in four cages

The blacks on the bone dice

Playful Tabletop Construction Incorporating Schoenhut Circus Barrel and Stand painted stone fruit one largerI'm not sure if this one was constructed with a purpose (i. e. as a key hanger!) or just as a playful sculpture toy, but clearly whoever made was having fun, and a fun thing it is. The blue and yellow pedestal base and the red white and blue barrel at top were both originally props in a Schoenhut Circus set, late 19th early 20th, which the maker of this joined via a metal rod, run through the center of a red stained wooden sphere bead, from which