A Psychedelic Vintage Fairground Merlin Ball Game Stand sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles for if a man be

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each bangle is fashioned into bobbins on the outer rim and gadrooned to the inner

and there were serious financial difficulties

to the bridge of the nose and to the lower chin

The chest has a good rich colour and patina

A Psychedelic Vintage Fairground Merlin Ball Game Stand sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles for if a man beOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1960 Circumference: 66 inches (at base) Height: 37 inches Depth: 20 inches (maximum) Presenting Merlin, a dramatically hand painted fairground game, standing aghast with grotesque features providing an instant, albeit slightly horrific, charm. Evocative of the magic of the fairground, Merlin is in vintage condition, in other words his paint has flaked and chipped off in places