Carved, Jointed Wooden Ballerina Mannequin, Signed middlesex england and the resourcefulness so many

and the resourcefulness so many of them represent

the brands are Milton Bradley

but also just great graphically

The tradition of carved wooden "Love spoons" apparently dates to mid 1600’s

These two were certainly put to use

Carved, Jointed Wooden Ballerina Mannequin, Signed middlesex england and the resourcefulness so manyI am not sure if this figure once wore a costume, but I do believe she is meant to be a ballerina, with this sort of fascinator esque hair piece, I assume enclosing her chignon. She's not exactly my usual taste, but I just couldn't pass her by, thinking about all of the effort that went into her making and I also really rather love her strange face, with these giant cat like blue eyes. The extremely ballerina esque exaggerated lengths of her jointed