A Superb Early 20thC Cased Ventriloquist’s Dummy Attributed to Arthur Quisto sub-Curios ranging from plain to highly

ranging from plain to highly decorated

There are a few old scratches

showing the body in a variety of poses  and angles

dated below in gilt to 1883

Part of the fascinating mesh of colonial era India these figurines are similar to that of ships figureheads were perhaps once part of a Mandapa

A Superb Early 20thC Cased Ventriloquist’s Dummy Attributed to Arthur Quisto sub-Curios ranging from plain to highlyOrigin: English Period: Early 20th Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1905 20 Height: 36 inches Width (Shoulder to Shoulder): 12 inches (all approx) The Edwardian period dummy of high build quality, in a taffeta and cotton white shirt with thick wool and nylon peat coat, the head with a thick shock of ginger curly hair under a navy school cap and the body constructed of a combination of paper mach, and plaster composition parts with lower limbs with