Polka Dot Painted Large Handmade Wooden Clown Acrobat Squeeze Toy folk art fish stands for Julie

stands for Julie

(See also its black and gold twin

and includes nine variously sized round blocks to arrange and re-arrange

proudly monogrammed HJL

--on the bottom in a calligraphic manner that I have not been able to decipher

Polka Dot Painted Large Handmade Wooden Clown Acrobat Squeeze Toy folk art fish stands for JulieI have a super soft spot for these old acrobatic squeeze toys, and this old one is the real deal and about my favorite I've seen. Pull the ends together at the base of the handle with the right pressure and he'll do a handstand, flip all the way over, or assume a few positions in between! Hard to beat that yellow costume with red polka dots, clown hat and booties, and then stippled black hair and red crosses for his eyes perfectly offset by the great