A Wonderful Rare Late 19thC Automaton Acrobat Sand Toy in Glazed Display Box sub-Antiques and hit stardom as Sheriff

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A Wonderful Rare Late 19thC Automaton Acrobat Sand Toy in Glazed Display Box sub-Antiques and hit stardom as SheriffOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 The Case: Height: 11. 75 inches Width: 8. 25 inches Depth: 3. 25 inches The glass, lithographed paper, and stained pine construction with gilded pillars having a background of elephants, clowns and entertainers with hand decorated draped turquoise theater curtain, the multi joined acrobat spinning on a central peg axis, the action requiring anti clockwise charging