A Fine & Decorative Regency Giltwood & Gesso Torchère c.1820 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles to push or pull or

to push or pull or run

Who the hell would want to be friends with him

There is a large area to the back of the head that has been repaired and the doll has a general discolouration and fade to it though the reds and blacks remain true

and often using crosses on a base

A Fine & Decorative Regency Giltwood & Gesso Torchère c.1820 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles to push or pull orOrigin: Probably English Possibly Italian Period: Early Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1815 25 Height: 38 inches Base Diameter: 11 inches (at maximum) The giltwood and gesso torchre with a circular dish top over a stiff leafed column, fronted by a lion salient on a rocky outcrop formed base survives from the Regency period. The torchre is in fair to good overall order, it has suffered damage to its base with some loss to the mouldings