Giant Four Balls in Cage Carved Wooden Whimsy metallic glaze I'd guess with a cigar

I'd guess with a cigar in his mouth

with three dancing clowns in ballooning pants on one side

likely from Rajasthan in Northern India

It is in very good vintage condition

The front and back covers of this copy of "The Doctor at Home"

Giant Four Balls in Cage Carved Wooden Whimsy metallic glaze I'd guess with a cigarThis huge old whimsy is about the size of a rolling pin, and with its big knobs on either end, it really rather feels like one! I've been liking, and happily finding, some larger scale whimsies of late, which feel more like tabletop sculptures than little carvings, as this one does. This one definitely has a good amount of age, and I'd bet was used by a few generations of kids as a rattle (or bat!). There is one well done old repair at one corner that