This is a copy of a jumper carved by Charles Carmel.
This piece came with different base configurations, most
commonly with an oak music-box base or oval brass base though other combinations (such as a rocking-horse base) were produced
in smaller quantities than the oak and brass bases. The piece is about 7-8" to the top of the pole. There is usually
no coin set into the bases of these. The music box (if it has one) almost always plays "The Carousel Waltz".
The average
price of this piece when new was $40-$65.
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