A Late 19thC Carved & Polychrome Painted Dummy Prop Head; Ex Harry Houdini; By Repute

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A Late 19thC Carved & Polychrome Painted Dummy Prop Head; Ex Harry Houdini; By ReputeOrigin: Presumed AmericanPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: Ex Harry Houdini (1874 1926); By ReputeDate: c. 1900The Whole: 23 high x 15 wide x 7 deepThe Head: 9 high x 6. 5 wide x 7 deepThe beautiful polychromed mannequin or prop head primitively carved in the round, now wonderfully worn with age, of a male with the hair now lacking, bearing traces of paint, with a fabric bow tie and shoulders to a cylindrical wood support swaddled in period linen; the

You’re never going to want and you’re going to live till a ripe old age’

beautifully decorative and authentic country house piece

The locks produced by his company were famed for their resistance to lock picking and tampering

Half models or full door porter lions like this one were rather popular for large country houses

CANE FURNITURE LEICESTER ENGLAND 37’

Glimpse a flash of my feathers and you’ll gasp in amazement

making this example an exceptional one

The painting remains uncleaned and there are some surface marks and scratches

or "the King's Jack"

with some wear to the seat but not to the degree where it has become undesirable

this black chalk sketch by Paul Lucien Maze beautifully exemplifies his finesse

about a month after his birth on the 13th April 1864