A Rare & Rather Unusual c.1910 Ventriloquist’s Dummy Possibly by Alfred LeMare antiques The ‘Paisley’ pattern is descended

The ‘Paisley’ pattern is descended from this motif

and details of pleasure trips by underground

when his brother Henry

Carpathia made her maiden voyage in 1903

In what we like to describe as ‘country house condition’

A Rare & Rather Unusual c.1910 Ventriloquist’s Dummy Possibly by Alfred LeMare antiques The ‘Paisley’ pattern is descendedOrigin: English Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Ray Elgar and Previously John Stafford, Paignton. 1902 1981 Date: c. 1910 Overall Height: 33 inches Width (Shoulder to Shoulder): 9. 5 inches (all approximate and at extremities) The turn of the century period male vent figure of early build in very original condition, with four operating mechanisms to animate the lips, mouth, smoker pipes, and eyes (lacking rod), the brass head stick