An Early/Mid 20thC Painted Sheet Metal Circus Performance Balancing Act Ball on Stand c.1940 antiques luminescent colours

luminescent colours

and displayed on a nineteenth century circular ebonised stand

on the one side

with the original pressed metal shaped drop ring handles of art nouveau influence to each

An Early/Mid 20thC Painted Sheet Metal Circus Performance Balancing Act Ball on Stand c.1940 antiques luminescent coloursOrigin: 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