A Reliable Doll Hand Painted Charlie McCarthy Ventriloquist Dummy c.1930-40 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Buff arches

Buff arches

clean and attractive condition with the globe spinning easily and the paper with a legible surface though with some wear

and is blindstamped 'The Reliant (with winged logo) Brit Patent 538261' below the catch

is an appealing one that gives off a distinctive tang of the Far East

and the face itself is balanced delightfully with the blued hands and gold plate outer casing

A Reliable Doll Hand Painted Charlie McCarthy Ventriloquist Dummy c.1930-40 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Buff archesOrigin: Canadian Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1935 45 Length: 21 inches Width: 5 inches (at torso) Head Depth: 4. 5 inches Made by the 'Reliable Doll' Company in Canada and modelled on the original dummy of Charlie McCarthy, which was performed by Edgar Bergen in the early 20th Century, the jaw operated by a draw string and having a composition head with brown painted hair and cloth body consisting of a bottle green