An Early Victorian Composition Half-Figured Fortune Telling Doll c.1850-60 sub-Macabre- Medicine A hooded crow sat on

A hooded crow sat on a pine:

”  While the 1844 book of Zoological Sketches calls the peacock “more ornamental than useful

it feels as though one is there

1890-1900Length: 35”Handle Width: 1”Handle Depth: 2”The beautifully hand carved antler handle modelled as a hand clasping a skull above a white metal collar

sculpture with a hugely desirable aesthetic and one that probably merits further research

An Early Victorian Composition Half-Figured Fortune Telling Doll c.1850-60 sub-Macabre- Medicine A hooded crow sat onOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early Victorian Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1850 60Height: 5Diameter: 5 (approx.)The rare fortune telling doll with moulded and black painted centre parted hair with ringlets around the sides, moulded clothes with red spotted pinafore and collar, her arms held across her chest, the dress made of many pieces of concertinaed and folded multi coloured paper, each leaf unfolding to reveal a handwritten fortune (approximately 150