An Early 20th Cased Ventriloquist’s Dummy; ‘The Davenport No.2’ by Leonard Insull; c.1908-1925 sub-Antiques A hugely comfortable country house

A hugely comfortable country house armchair and so very English too

The pictures do have some areas of small flaking and loss to the foil which is so common on early reverse glass but the majority

The painted papier-mâché advertising figure designed to be displayed in a shop window

having a corniced top and two door cupboard showing brass lion mask handles adorned with gothic arches enclosing a rust painted arrangement of seven shelves above two short and two long drawers

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An Early 20th Cased Ventriloquist’s Dummy; ‘The Davenport No.2’ by Leonard Insull; c.1908-1925 sub-Antiques A hugely comfortable country houseOrigin: English Period: Early 20th Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1908 25 Height: 36 (at maximum) Width (Shoulder to Shoulder): 11 (all approximate) The large early twentieth century period dummy of high build quality, with seven operating mechanisms in tweed suit with two war medals including the Defence Medal with check bow tie and black leather shoes, the head with short very dark brown hair and the body constructed of a combination of paper