1890s Carnival Art

Carved wood clown Jeu de Massacre fairground antique A super rare antique fairground knockdown artefacts (Jeu de Massacre) from France. This item...

19th century circus flagpole We are proud to offer an original 19th century hand carved circus flagpole. Made from pine and hand painted with red, blue, and white painted surface. W...

4 English fairground poles We are proud to offer a unique set of 4 English fairground poles, hand carved from pine and individually painted with gold gilt, red and faux effect. The ...

Late 19th century fairground carousel mirror This lot is a late 19th century carousel fairground mirror, with item original Bevelled cut glass mir...

Item: Antique Quoits Tavern Game This lot is an antique quoits tavern game, this game would have originally been used as a tavern amusement game. The object of the game would have...

Antique circus rounding board, circa 1890, a carved and painted circus or carnival “Rounding Board”, one of the ornate panels that surrounded the central hub of an attraction, most t...

Large collection of 15 Indian clubs or juggling pins with original paint surface. Great alligatored patina on many. Late 19th and early 20th century clubs. Indian clubs rose to popul...

Four young boys are dressed up as rascals sitting on tree stumps ready to be knocked down by the throw of a ball and a direct hit. The young boys have hands clenched while one boy is holding a fish. This brightly colored late 19th century carnival game is in excellent original paint and is made of wood, with hand-painted "composition on wood" figures. The rich, predominantly green floral frame is also hand-painted on wood. Amazing to find in this original condition considering the rough play and abuse it would have gone through. I have thoroughly examined and black lighted the boy figures...