An Early 20thC German Pair of Mannequin Legs c.1920 sub-Curios The stuffed and mounted magpie

The stuffed and mounted magpie perched on a naturalistic rocky outcrop under a good quality Victorian glass dome and raised on an ebonised plinth socle base survives preserved from the early to mid twentieth century

his legs give way a little as photographed

The design of the handle is unusual and adds further charm

The incessant song was necessarily heard

One of the most decorative plates of the twenty one we have offered

An Early 20thC German Pair of Mannequin Legs c.1920 sub-Curios The stuffed and mounted magpieOrigin: German Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 Height: 41 Width: 15 Depth: 11 (all at extremities) The life size mannequin, now in half form, with papier mache legs with painted gesso surfaces, now distressed with age with cotton stokinette original black shoes and socks, and surviving from early twentieth century Germany. The condition of the mannequin would be described as fairly fragile but able to be free standing. The legs