Early 20th-century Schoenhut Humpty Dumpty Circus ringmaster, complete with articulated wooden limbs, hand-painted details, and enough old-school charm to steal the whole show.
This dashing fellow is dressed to impress in a red wool felt jacket over a tan cotton shirt and matching breeches. A well-worn top hat (with just the right amount of tilt) tops off his painted mustache-and-goatee combo, giving him a look somewhere between ringmaster and rakish vaudevillian. His carved wooden hands—more like pincers, really—are posed wide open, ready to corral tigers, giraffes, or whatever chaos the big top demands.
Like most Schoenhut pieces, he’s jointed and posable, built with integrity and a real sense of play. His black-painted boots still have a firm stance, and there’s an earnestness to his bright blue eyes that suggests he’s been calling acts for over a century and still hasn’t lost his edge.
Early 20th-century Schoenhut Humpty Dumpty Circus ringmaster, complete with articulated wooden limbs, hand-painted details, and enough old-school charm to steal the whole show.
This dashing fellow is dressed to impress in a red wool felt jacket over a tan cotton shirt and matching breeches. A well-worn top hat (with just the right amount of tilt) tops off his painted mustache-and-goatee combo, giving him a look somewhere between ringmaster and rakish vaudevillian. His carved wooden hands—more like pincers, really—are posed wide open, ready to corral tigers, giraffes, or whatever chaos the big top demands.
Like most Schoenhut pieces, he’s jointed and posable, built with integrity and a real sense of play. His black-painted boots still have a firm stance, and there’s an earnestness to his bright blue eyes that suggests he’s been calling acts for over a century and still hasn’t lost his edge.