🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Figure..metal, wearing stockings, handle, upturned collar, Victorian looking

Underwonder · Jul 26, 2022

Hi all,

This was found in a dump pit in New England with other items found being from the late 1880s to early 1900s. Any clue what this might be?

Thanks!

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 30, 2022

This piece is definitely interesting Underwonder. :thumbsup:

To me, it almost looks like a fantasy piece that someone has cobbled together using bits and pieces they had in their workshop. The loop at the top looks to be an old drawer handle (furniture hardware). Based on the decoration on the face, the piece on the bottom looks to be an old keyhole escutcheon plate from a chest. The figure in the middle strikes me as being an old printing plate. :icon_scratch:

Great save, this will make for a nice display,
Dave

CRUSADER · Jul 31, 2022

Underwonder said:
The hair looks rather curly and the lips wide..wondered if It was ethnic related…

Was my first thought.

Underwonder · Jul 31, 2022

ANTIQUARIAN said:
This piece is definitely interesting Underwonder.

To me, it almost looks like a fantasy piece that someone has cobbled together using bits and pieces they had in their workshop. The loop at the top looks to be an old drawer handle (furniture hardware). Based on the decoration on the face, the piece on the bottom looks to be an old keyhole escutcheon plate from a chest. The figure in the middle strikes me as being an old printing plate.

Great save, this will make for a nice display,
Dave

Thank you…very interesting assembly of pieces then! It isn’t mine…a friend found it…and not even with a metal detector!