A 20thC Lifesize Painted Plaster & Silk Theatre Prop Model of an Acrobatic Clown by Mark Thompson poa-item Example Length: 33 inches (Punch)

Example Length: 33 inches (Punch)

and surviving from the first decade of nineteenth century England

The original buildings are likely to have been temporary ones of wood whilst the monastery was built and the earliest of stone is likely to have been the church

this makes for an original and unusual gift for lovers of antique dolls or textiles

A 20thC Lifesize Painted Plaster & Silk Theatre Prop Model of an Acrobatic Clown by Mark Thompson poa-item Example Length: 33 inches (Punch)Origin: 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