An Unusual Early 20thC Shop Window Display Automaton Head sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage London) and The Royal Exchange

London) and The Royal Exchange in London was opened by Queen Victoria

and the fairly deep pile is always wool

several pieces of her jewellery were stolen

They both show large and even amounts of craquelure to their surfaces and remain un-cleaned as do the original frames

In one piece with backstrut

An Unusual Early 20thC Shop Window Display Automaton Head sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage London) and The Royal ExchangeOrigin: 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