Carved, Jointed Wooden Ballerina Mannequin, Signed middlesex england with the manner of carving

with the manner of carving and wonderfully painted details merging perfectly to make a most animated and endearing creature

These two were certainly put to use

This fantastic horse was one of a phenomenal set of old handmade Punch and Judy puppets

It measures 5" tall x 4 3/4" in diameter

but also just great graphically

Carved, Jointed Wooden Ballerina Mannequin, Signed middlesex england with the manner of carvingI am not sure if this figure once wore a costume, but I do believe she is meant to be a ballerina, with this sort of fascinator esque hair piece, I assume enclosing her chignon. She's not exactly my usual taste, but I just couldn't pass her by, thinking about all of the effort that went into her making and I also really rather love her strange face, with these giant cat like blue eyes. The extremely ballerina esque exaggerated lengths of her jointed