Glass Figurine Jim Crow/Blackface Clown
28 January 2021
Description

Glass figurine and necklace pendant. Glass man/clown, likely blackface or Jim Crow. There is a metal tag attached which shows PARIS and copyright symbol. Brown body with separate section for the head, also brown color. Black tophat. Rhinestone neck collar.

Provenance

unknown

Acquired from
Other
For sale
Yes
Answered within 1 day
By Delia
Jan 29, 21:05 UTC
Fair Market Value
$50 - $75 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

Hi Joyce,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
There is a group of these kind of figures that was made in Murano Italy; several different characters, all or most with rhinestone collars. I can't find this exact figure but they were made in the 1950s-60s and bring about $50-75 each at auction. The (c) PARIS tag probably refers to where it was sold rather than where it was made.

A Murano glass and rhinestone carnival figure pendant
depicting a figure in blackface with a top hat, with a brass tag marked PARIS.
$50-75*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.

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