A Psychedelic Vintage Fairground Merlin Ball Game Stand sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The chest has a good

The chest has a good rich colour and patina

However the tins were originally created for a more practical use - the airtight storage of biscuits so that they could be transported to distant customers and stay oven-fresh and unbroken

and there were serious financial difficulties

all suggest mourning

each bangle is fashioned into bobbins on the outer rim and gadrooned to the inner

A Psychedelic Vintage Fairground Merlin Ball Game Stand sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The chest has a goodOrigin: 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