An Early/Mid 20thC Painted Sheet Metal Circus Performance Balancing Act Ball on Stand c.1940 antiques and displayed on a nineteenth

and displayed on a nineteenth century circular ebonised stand

were predominantly limestone and marble

with the signs of whose eternal grace “the world is charged”

A heartwarming sentimental object

In un-restored order the picture is dirty with flecked losses and craquelure to the whole as per the photographs

An Early/Mid 20thC Painted Sheet Metal Circus Performance Balancing Act Ball on Stand c.1940 antiques and displayed on a nineteenthOrigin: English Period: Early Mid 20thC Provenance: The collection of Philip Clarkson Date: c. 1940 Height: 45 (the whole with stand) Diameter: 19 The very rarely seen painted sheet metal hollow circus act balancing ball, almost certainly used by larger animals due to its imposing size, namely the elephant, bear or walrus seal, the whole hand painted in a sky blue ground with gold stars and later matched to a weathered terracotta pedestal with