A Pair of Papier-Mâché French Fairground Passé-Boules Ball Toss Games c.1930-40 sub-Decorative Objects bringing to life the powerful

bringing to life the powerful last impressions of an unnamed

Hugely interesting and important pieces of social history and possibly the only surviving examples of their type

Art Gallery Museum

The earliest dated English example harks back to 1863 though in 1815 one was lovingly crafted from army uniforms worn at the Battle of Waterloo (Tennant 1992 52)

A Pair of Papier-Mâché French Fairground Passé-Boules Ball Toss Games c.1930-40 sub-Decorative Objects bringing to life the powerfulOrigin: French Period: Early Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1930 40 Each: Height: 13 Width: 8 Depth: 4 The pair of papier mch Pass Boules toss games, as a Pierrot clown and portly chef, each with gaping open mouths into which one tosses wooden balls, showing original painted features, hanging on stencilled pine scoring sections at 25, 50 and 100, and surviving from the second quarter of twentieth century France. Evocative of the magic of the