An Early 20thC Male Ventriloquist’s Clown Dummy c.1935-45 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope the doors bordered with rope

the doors bordered with rope twists under a cornice with lozenge ornament

Charmingly naïve

training professionally at the school of art in Bristol in the 1970s

The aubergine brown rexine

The ebonisation is also relatively unusual for a piece of this nature from this period

An Early 20thC Male Ventriloquist’s Clown Dummy c.1935-45 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope the doors bordered with ropeOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early Mid 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1935 45Height: 35Depth: 5. 5 Width: 12 (all approximate & at extremities)The early to mid twentieth century period male clown vent figure, in good original condition, with two mechanisms, the mouth dropping and the light blue eyes moving one way, the whole in a satin sky blue clowns outfit with pointed pierrot style hat, all with white pom pom adornments, to patent leather shoes, the