Marvelous Antique Handmade Clown Doll with French Knot Embroidery Costume vintage kangaroo not a later addition

not a later addition

5" d x 4" tall

I might try to find some white marble checkers or chess pieces to play on this one

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Marvelous Antique Handmade Clown Doll with French Knot Embroidery Costume vintage kangaroo not a later additionPretty amazing! I don't know much about the origins of this charmer, but would guess Victorian era European, and whoever made him put quite an extraordinary effort into decorating most every inch of his knit body with thousands of tiny French knots. There are a few small patches of loss, and a few small mends to seams, but overall his is in very good shape, with the marvelous clown suit decoration on his torso entirely in tact and the pom poms still