#296

Troubadour on Log as Candy Box
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$1,100
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Description
11"h seated (28 cm). A bisque-headed boy with blue glass inset eyes,painted lashes,feathered brows,open mouth,is seated upon a cardboard tube with paper cover to simulate bark,decorated with leaves and berries. Condition: generally excellent. Marks 10/0 (head). Comments: circa 1910,the boy wears folklore costume including wooden shoes,and holds a bagpipe to his mouth; the side of log opens to allow use of the log as a candy box. Value Points: all original wonderfully detailed candy box.