A Unique Folk Art Gesso Pine & Papier-Mâché Half-Size Articulated Figure of a Human Skeleton c.1900-20 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews life and joy - the

life and joy - the peacock

picking out food from under stones

The black japanned side table displaying typical Regency elegance with splayed legs

It has a more recent stretcher added to it

to include an array of glass bottles ranging in date from Victorian to late 20thC

A Unique Folk Art Gesso Pine & Papier-Mâché Half-Size Articulated Figure of a Human Skeleton c.1900-20 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews life and joy - theOrigin: 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