SOLD Antique Jointed Mannequin Hand with Very Rich Patina antique advertising envelope dials turn smoothly and lock

dials turn smoothly and lock opens with a satisfying release

) To my eye there is also a sense of the surreal about it

minimally visible apart from the underside

da staubt's" at the bottom seems to translate to "Ugh

that it is a “Shutter dog”— made to hold a shutter open (“dog” being an Old English term for fastener)

SOLD Antique Jointed Mannequin Hand with Very Rich Patina antique advertising envelope dials turn smoothly and lockThere are new and recent vintage mannequin hands out there made to look like old ones, but this is a real one that has clearly been around the block, or more likely, around the studio. Mannequins are not my expertise and you may be a better judge that I am (so much variation among them, including from Italian to English to French to American, which is part of what makes them interesting.) But on a little comparison to other examples out there (shape