An Unusual Early 20thC Shop Window Display Automaton Head sub-Antiques Otherwise she is structurally sound

Otherwise she is structurally sound and with the addition of a hanger

snuff or magnesia

the Mariner shoots the bird ("with my cross-bow / I shot the albatross")

The condition of the bust is fair to good with some surface chipping to the top coat in a few areas

An Unusual Early 20thC Shop Window Display Automaton Head sub-Antiques Otherwise she is structurally soundOrigin: English Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 30 Height: 12. 75 inches Width: 6 inches The papier mch and composition fabric webbing head with wooden base and metal framed bridge nose having a weighted automaton movement operating the eyes, moving them from left to right when prompted, survives from the first quarter of the twentieth century from a shop window display front. The head is presented in as found