Set of Ten Old Schoenhut Circus Pedestal Stands in Original White Paint bag Ink on paper drawing mounted

Ink on paper drawing mounted to thin white paper with punched edges

And this old one with a sweet little carved knob at the end of the sliding lid

and a couple of albums of them too

3rd quarter 19th c

Set of Ten Old Schoenhut Circus Pedestal Stands in Original White Paint bag Ink on paper drawing mountedLast time I was in Lancaster PA, I snapped up a set of old Schoenhut Circus ladders and a set of white painted tables platforms; I went back to the same dealer this past week to grab this set of ten goblet shaped stands, which I love just arranged on their own (both for the form and for the paint), but which also make good pedestals for various small things. Someone must have had a massive circus set (many sets merged) to accumulate ten of these, and