A Psychedelic Vintage Fairground Merlin Ball Game Stand sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles with clearly ringed and twisted

with clearly ringed and twisted black horns mounted on a shield and ready to hang

for if a man be not an artist he cannot form an elegant bowl

meaning the vessel certainly once held Calumba root in some shape or form

He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1890 and served in India with the Dongola (1896) and Tirah (1897-1898) expeditions before returning to England and entering the Staff College

and there were serious financial difficulties

A Psychedelic Vintage Fairground Merlin Ball Game Stand sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles with clearly ringed and twistedOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1960 Circumference: 66 inches (at base) Height: 37 inches Depth: 20 inches (maximum) Presenting Merlin, a dramatically hand painted fairground game, standing aghast with grotesque features providing an instant, albeit slightly horrific, charm. Evocative of the magic of the fairground, Merlin is in vintage condition, in other words his paint has flaked and chipped off in places