The Leopards
The leopard was introduced to the Humpty Dumpty circus in 1906. It had a long production run. There are seven designs for leopards known - two glass eyed, three painted eyes, and two reduced.  No decal eyes leopard is known.

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee

Glass eyes

The first leopard, introduced in 1906, featured glass eyes, a ball neck, a cord tail, leather ears, and an open mouth. The body and legs were decorated with dark brown spots. The back spots were made with brown spots with yellow spots over them.

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee

Glass eyes, chamfered lip

This glass eyes leopard's lower jaw is chamfered in the front.

Photo by Judith Lile

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner

Painted eyes, leather ears

This is a transitional leopard style with a one-piece neck and head, leather ears, and painted eyes.

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner

Painted eyes, open mouth

Note that now the leopard's neck is integrated with the head - obviously a cost cutting measure. The ears were also integrated into this molded head.

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee

Painted eyes, filled open mouth

The second painted-eyes style is distinguished by his filled open mouth. This must have been yet another effort at reducing costs by eliminating the step of cutting out the mount area from the molded head. Or, perhaps,  the designers felt that the painted teeth looked more intimidating. This is may be the rarest leopard version. Several examples have been seen so its production must have run for some time.

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Andy Yaffee

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Sneed

Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner

Reduced size, open mouth

The reduced size leopards feature molded heads and cord tails. The eyes were painted. 

Reduced size, closed mouth

The head design and the body color are different  in these two reduced size designs.

Photo by Judith Lile
The regular glass eyes leopard with a reduced leopard.