A Unique Folk Art Gesso Pine & Papier-Mâché Half-Size Articulated Figure of a Human Skeleton c.1900-20 sub-Antiques glass bottle with applied paper

glass bottle with applied paper label of the human skull and with unusual waxed sealed top

Two-Barred Crossbill

The portraits show a range of gentlemen of differing ages though all appear of British birth

Breathtakingly beautiful

A truly enchanting little oil

A Unique Folk Art Gesso Pine & Papier-Mâché Half-Size Articulated Figure of a Human Skeleton c.1900-20 sub-Antiques glass bottle with applied paperOrigin: English Period: Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 20 Height: 47 Width: 10 Depth: 5 The unique early 20th century folk art half size skeleton, at almost four feet high, having jointed limbs, the whole hand crafted in gesso and papier mch over softwood, for theatrical (puppet), medical or artistic purposes and terminating in a painted knop hanging finial, surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century England. The skeleton is in