An Early 20thC French Ventriloquist’s Dummy Head c.1910-20 antiques Proving hugely decorative

Proving hugely decorative

leaps out of its burrow to make the capture

Height: 32” (all at extremities and with backing board)

dressed in black to emphasise his pallor

In the 1950's Chad Valley

An Early 20thC French Ventriloquist’s Dummy Head c.1910-20 antiques Proving hugely decorativeOrigin: Probably French Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1905 15 Height: 16 (with stick handle) Width: 6. 25 (at head) Depth: 6. 5 (at head) The turn of the century period male vent figure head of early build in very original attic condition, with at least seven operating mechanisms to animate the lips, hair, mouth, eyelids, tongue, and eyes, the wooden head stick with seven levers, the whole still retaining much of the