French Mechanical Clown Acrobat on Chair. 1890 this wonderful early French toy/doll has a molded bisque flange head with painted black hair and mask, painted blue eyes, closed mouth, wood torso and hands carton legs, wire jointed body attached to a finely turned ebonized wood chair with red brocade upholstered seat, mounted onto a wood platform with decorated paper floor. The action is activated by pressing the squeak bellows below the chair, the clown flips up and down