Colorful Old Wooden Acrobat Squeeze Toy on Stand woman-shaped whistle often including horses (there a

often including horses (there a couple of examples of his drawings of  soldiers also listed in the shop

one of two in the shop that came  from a larger collection of drawings executed by the artist on a Grand Tour encompassing Italy

black nose

with a bit of exposed wood at the tip of one ear

Colorful Old Wooden Acrobat Squeeze Toy on Stand woman-shaped whistle often including horses (there aI find it impossible to resist these old acrobat squeeze toys when the acrobats are as good as this guy. How to resist this delightfully goofy, hand painted pink face, coupled with the fantastic turquoise and yellow of his outfit? I'd think he dates to the early 20th century, and extra nice that there is a base to squeeze handle, making for easy tabletop display. It takes a couple of squeezes to get him going, but once one does he's very acrobatic!