A Fantastic c.1950 Hand Painted Fairground Hoopla Stall Lighting Canopy Bracket Attributed to Fred Fowle sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles ventriloquists and trained animals

ventriloquists and trained animals

Bernard Pass by St Bernard de Menthon in 1049 as a refuge for travelers and pilgrims

The term 'Ziegler' refers to the Anglo-Swiss  company Ziegler & Co

Rusty is evocative of the fairground

The stand is relatively loose but still sound and the hallmarks are discernible

A Fantastic c.1950 Hand Painted Fairground Hoopla Stall Lighting Canopy Bracket Attributed to Fred Fowle sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles ventriloquists and trained animalsOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 Width: 25. 5 inches Height: 36 inches Depth: 3 inches The three foot hand painted lighting bracket from a fairground hoopla stall decorated with highly stylised wing and bulls eye motifs, and having four light bulb fitments and cast iron fittings, survives from the middle of the twentieth century. The bracket remains entirely untouched, un cleaned and un restored and is