A Superb Early 20thC Cased Ventriloquist’s Dummy Attributed to Arthur Quisto sub-Curios and globe production

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A Superb Early 20thC Cased Ventriloquist’s Dummy Attributed to Arthur Quisto sub-Curios and globe productionOrigin: English Period: Early 20th Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1905 20 Height: 36 inches Width (Shoulder to Shoulder): 12 inches (all approx) The Edwardian period dummy of high build quality, in a taffeta and cotton white shirt with thick wool and nylon peat coat, the head with a thick shock of ginger curly hair under a navy school cap and the body constructed of a combination of paper mach, and plaster composition parts with lower limbs with