A Pair of Papier-Mâché French Fairground Passé-Boules Ball Toss Games c.1930-40 sub-Decorative Objects depicting The Virgin with the

depicting The Virgin with the infant Saviour in her arms

Hugely interesting and important pieces of social history and possibly the only surviving examples of their type

Further research could be carried out and the figures certainly had a specific use either as lighting or water features

The Abbey was destroyed by the Scots in 1138

The year of 1805 in France saw many battles under the mighty Napoleon including the famous battle of Trafalgar

A Pair of Papier-Mâché French Fairground Passé-Boules Ball Toss Games c.1930-40 sub-Decorative Objects depicting The Virgin with theOrigin: French Period: Early Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1930 40 Each: Height: 13 Width: 8 Depth: 4 The pair of papier mch Pass Boules toss games, as a Pierrot clown and portly chef, each with gaping open mouths into which one tosses wooden balls, showing original painted features, hanging on stencilled pine scoring sections at 25, 50 and 100, and surviving from the second quarter of twentieth century France. Evocative of the magic of the