An Early 20thC Ventriloquist’s Dummy By Arthur Quisto c.1941 sub-Curios 5” x 14”

5” x 14”

These “portraits

the carving can be amusing

the wavy acrylic plate in a stained pine box frame to simulate oak with reeded edges

the whole displaying an evocative time-worn texture and surviving from the second half of eighteenth-century Italy

An Early 20thC Ventriloquist’s Dummy By Arthur Quisto c.1941 sub-Curios 5” x 14”Origin: English Period: Early Mid 20th Century Provenance: David P. Davies Esq. Date: c. 1941 Height: 41 Width: 12 (Shoulder to Shoulder) Depth: 6 (at face) (all approx) The period ventriloquists dummy of high build quality, with five mechanisms, presented in a taupe double breasted jacket with four buttons to a white collared shirt with large pointed collar beneath with the original black velour trousers to black patent shoes and wearing a black