A Wonderful c.1880 Ventriloquist’s Dummy; ‘The Sailor’ by Alfred LeMare sub-Curios Kazak rugs have always been

Kazak rugs have always been popular in Europe

Mystery aside

They are structurally sound and have wear to the paint commensurate with age

The wooden male youth form having articulated upper arms with elephant grey resin fore arms and hands and flesh coloured painted plaster legs with the original black leather shoes

A Wonderful c.1880 Ventriloquist’s Dummy; ‘The Sailor’ by Alfred LeMare sub-Curios Kazak rugs have always beenOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 1885 Height: 29 inches (at maximum with head in position) Width: 7. 75 inches (Shoulder to Shoulder) Head Height: 9 inches (without handle) (all approximate) The Victorian period dummy of good build quality with concave reverse, the head with two operating mechanisms being a crying effect and mouth, the whole dressed in a buff coloured Royal Naval inspired sailors suit with blue