Vintage Papier-Mâché Clown Sweet Container – Made in Scotland

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A charming vintage papier-mâché clown sweet container, marked Made in Scotland to the underside.

The clown has a removable head, allowing the hollow body to be used as a container for sweets or small treats. Novelty containers of this type were popular as festive, carnival and circus-themed pieces, often made from moulded paper pulp or composition with hand-painted detail.

This example has a wonderfully characterful folk-art look, with a smiling painted face, red hair, pointed hat, ruffled collar, black buttons and black shoes. The textured surface, worn paint and aged patina give it a slightly whimsical, theatrical quality typical of early-to-mid 20th century novelty and fairground pieces.

Most papier-mâché sweet containers were produced in Continental Europe or Japan, so a piece marked Made in Scotland is a particularly interesting British regional example. It would appeal to collectors of vintage sweet containers, circus and fairground items, folk-art figures, festive novelties and unusual decorative objects.

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Size/Dimensions

Approximately H: 26 cm x L: 13 cm x W: 10 cm

Condition

In aged vintage condition with wear, rubbing, staining, paint loss, surface marks and discolouration throughout. The papier-mâché / composition body has a textured surface with age-related marks and patina, there is loss to the painted finish, particularly to the red hair, face, hat, shoes and raised areas. . The head is removable and the body is hollow. The underside is marked Made in Scotland.

Early to mid 20th century, likely c.1930s–1950s

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Vintage Papier-Mâché Clown Sweet Container – Made in Scotland

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