A Reliable Doll Hand Painted Charlie McCarthy Ventriloquist Dummy c.1930-40 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and in HM the Queen

and in HM the Queen Mother's private art collection

the hand decorated box with scrolling oak leaves to the flanks and front and rose flowers with ebony stringing to the top

and a ceramic mixing palette

These types of dual-purpose canes are some of the most expensive and sought after

The well-modeled figure of a gnarled and aged hunchback

A Reliable Doll Hand Painted Charlie McCarthy Ventriloquist Dummy c.1930-40 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and in HM the QueenOrigin: Canadian Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1935 45 Length: 21 inches Width: 5 inches (at torso) Head Depth: 4. 5 inches Made by the 'Reliable Doll' Company in Canada and modelled on the original dummy of Charlie McCarthy, which was performed by Edgar Bergen in the early 20th Century, the jaw operated by a draw string and having a composition head with brown painted hair and cloth body consisting of a bottle green