An Unusual Early 20thC Shop Window Display Automaton Head sub-Antiques the Mariner shoots the bird

the Mariner shoots the bird ("with my cross-bow / I shot the albatross")

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An Unusual Early 20thC Shop Window Display Automaton Head sub-Antiques the Mariner shoots the birdOrigin: English Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 30 Height: 12. 75 inches Width: 6 inches The papier mch and composition fabric webbing head with wooden base and metal framed bridge nose having a weighted automaton movement operating the eyes, moving them from left to right when prompted, survives from the first quarter of the twentieth century from a shop window display front. The head is presented in as found