IN THE CIRCUS

ARTISTIC TOY NOVELTY SERIES NO. 144, FOR SHOWER AND SUNSHINE.CONTENTS. 6 JUVENILE HUMOROUS GROUPINGS WITH NOVEL UMBRELLA AND SUNSHADE ARRANGEMENTS. RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD., PUBLISHERS TO THE QUEEN. LONDON, PARIS, & NEW YORK. circa 1895-1901.
both boxes are marked ARTISTIC TOY NOVELTY but items are marked as ROYAL ART NOVELTY with the same publishing details as the box plus DESIGNED AT THE STUDIOS IN ENGLAND AND PRINTED AT THE FINE ART WORKS IN GERMANY. sold in boxes of six but must be more than one set.
images fold out to create a standing 3-D effect, one of the figures holds a stick to support one of the many interchangeable umbrellas or sunshades that can be bent to form a circle

clown dressed in blue and white balances a stick on his nose, another clown peaks out from behind a red umbrella in front