A 20thC Lifesize Painted Plaster & Silk Theatre Prop Model of an Acrobatic Clown by Mark Thompson poa-item against a soft yellow ground

against a soft yellow ground

The interior shows the original marbled paper though has some remnants of a velvet lignin which has since been removed and to the inner lid it bears an attractive cartouche shield shaped trade label for 'Smith and Lucas/Coffer and Plate-case makers to his majesty and her royal highness the princess Dowager of Wales at the Kings Arms & Trunks at Charing Cross'

Example Length: 33 inches (Punch)

rose tinted cheeks and a fixed

A 20thC Lifesize Painted Plaster & Silk Theatre Prop Model of an Acrobatic Clown by Mark Thompson poa-item against a soft yellow groundOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late 20thCProvenance: Doctor Dolittle, London Apollo TheatreDate: c. 1998Height: 58"Depth: 31Width: 48 (all approximate and at extremities)The unique and expertly crafted life size theatre prop of an androgynous acrobatic clown with auburn bunned hair, hand painted in composition plaster, fibreglass and multi coloured silks, the whole hanging from a large orange hoop, with a white painted face with red and black highlights to a