Recognized Dealers Carnival Art

Carnival Bullseye Game America, 1900 Painted plywood used for the carnival game "drop a punk". 36”dia x 2.75”d Ref. O2130

Double Fairground Wheel France circa 1880 Hand painted double wheel game. Measures 23.5”w x 10”d x 58.25”h

56 Inch tall Giraffe carousel ride. England, circa 1920. Carved wooden giraffe in original hand painted finish with large glass eyes. Measure...

Fairground ball-toss game England Circa 1910 Laughing clown in painted plaster and hessian with cast iron inner piping. Measures: 22.5” W x 9.25” D...

Hand painted game in original condition. The player would throw a ball at the target, which set off a mouse trap installed on the back in turn firing a piec...

Large primitive wooden blocks with beautiful patina and original paint.

American carousel ride container in the form of a Swan, 1930s (NY9253/UMR) An American metal container, originally made as a carousel ride, with a swan head on the front. Our cl...

Pierrot clown and portly chef with gaping open mouths.

EXCEPTIONALLY GRAPHIC AND COLORFUL RACE HORSE GAME WHEEL, MADE BY H.C. EVANS, CHICAGO, CA 1920-50 Elaborately embellished race horse gaming wheel, made by Evans & Company in Chicago. Each of the wheel's 10 panels are brightly colored lithographs behind glass, framed by lengths of decorative metal trim, cast from an alloy that appears to be comprised of copper mixed with zinc or aluminum. This may have at one time been nickel plated. The four crown-shaped center panels are fancifully paint-stenciled mirror, framed with the same trim and tipped with whimsical stars. Numbers that run around the outer edge of the wheel, which functioned like a ball-in-cage lottery, with payouts that alternated based on the changing number in the cylindrical tower. This is spring-driven and interesting to witness when in operation. The wooden post that supports the wheel is polychrome-painted wood, has a cast steel, tripod base and breaks down for transport. The frame of the wheel is heavy laminate wood, 1 3/4" thick, with metal spokes cast from an alloy similar the trim. The wheel is signed on the giant cast and nickel-plated washer in the center. This reads "H.C. Evans & Co.; Chicago, Ill." Established in 1892, the firm was incorporated in 1907. By 1909 it was located at 125 Clark Street. By the 1920s, it had moved to 1528 West Adams Street. In 1929 it claimed to be the oldest firm of its kind in existence and, at 52,000 square feet, maintained the largest factory in the world engaged in the exclusive manufacture of the types of products for which it was known. When an Evans wheel...

Smaller type "portable" carnival bean toss game with three figures; a Frenchman on one end, an Asian looking gentleman on the other end, and a clown in the middle. all are wearing their period original clothing in excellent condition. The hand painted papier mâché faces are also in excellent and original hand painted condition; quite extraordinary considering they are waiting to be knocked down by a ball or a bean bag. The top canopy is hand painted blue and the thin curtain wood border is hand painted in red; there are some applied gold "stars" but most of them are missing (see image). This type of game would have been prevalent at carnivals during the turn of the century and later. The original brightly colored lithographed paper front, consists of an old lady and her black cat standing in the doorway; and two targets in place atop the painted picket fence with a garden behind. This is attached to a wood frame. This frame is also attached, in an easel like fashion, to another wood frame that folds down flat; a piece of string holds it on one side from opening all the way when it is put "in play". The French looking figure, in conjunction with the popularity of these carnival games...

Eight panel printed carnival screen, circa 1940. Large printed panels reproduce a whimsical, hand-painted scene of elephants and performers. Can be installed on the wall as a pain...

Original black, red and white paint with wood peg in the centre.