Marvelous Antique Handmade Clown Doll with French Knot Embroidery Costume vintage kangaroo I might try to find

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

I do seem to be having a bit of a horse moment

some balance well on the backs of others

A little paint loss/wear most notable around the edges of the stool and on one side of the whimsy

On its underside is the remains of what I think was an old label

Marvelous Antique Handmade Clown Doll with French Knot Embroidery Costume vintage kangaroo I might try to findPretty 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