An Early 20thC Painted Papier-Mâché Scarecrow Owl c.1900-20 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus 1825Height: 71

1825Height: 71

presented in its original thick moulded black frame and surviving from early twenty-first century Ireland

The frame is good quality and remains sturdy and strong having been tightened

each having two handle cut outs survive from the early Twentieth Century

An Early 20thC Painted Papier-Mâché Scarecrow Owl c.1900-20 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus 1825Height: 71Origin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900 20Height: 8. 75Width: 4. 5Depth: 4 (all at extremities)The unique and most certainly charming hand painted decoy model of a stylised barn owl, acting as a scarecrow or bid scarer, the whole in papier mch with glass eyes and hollow form, surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century England. Remaining in good overall condition considering the fragility, the owl proves very