Pair of Diminuitive Old Carved Marionette Heads antique battersea enamel tie back with just light general wear

with just light general wear

A clipped description of this plate (#15)  is included on the back of the mat

Sight holes at the center of the lenses make them wearable

it is wonderfully irregular in form as well as surface

The graphics on the backs are fun

Pair of Diminuitive Old Carved Marionette Heads antique battersea enamel tie back with just light general wearI wish I knew how these two came to be. And yet it seems rather right that they should exist without context, seeming all the more existential, and making me think of Estragon and Vladimir from Waiting for Godot. I believe they were the heads of marionettes, their bodies now long done but the pair definitely seeming as if they've still got dramas they want to enact! With carved and painted heads on dowels that extend to the bottom of their chests,