Set of Ten Old Schoenhut Circus Pedestal Stands in Original White Paint bag nice patina of use and

nice patina of use and wear

3rd quarter 19th c

and a couple of albums of them too

as the manner and decoration reminds me very much of antique Japanese wooden nesting eggs and horse racing games inside treen boxes I've found on a few occasions

with hinged lid

Set of Ten Old Schoenhut Circus Pedestal Stands in Original White Paint bag nice patina of use andLast time I was in Lancaster PA, I snapped up a set of old Schoenhut Circus ladders and a set of white painted tables platforms; I went back to the same dealer this past week to grab this set of ten goblet shaped stands, which I love just arranged on their own (both for the form and for the paint), but which also make good pedestals for various small things. Someone must have had a massive circus set (many sets merged) to accumulate ten of these, and