Featured help with small carved ? doll/puppet gents mutton chop head

Thanks aqui, I can see what you mean now, might be that the numbers have worn slightly

Gonna do a little burn test to see what's smelling !

 

Did a little burn test on small area on bottom edge

Went dark didn't melt. and smelt of

Warm toast, so thinking some kind of wood

 

Made me think of Anri / Black Forest type of carvings.
However, I doubt they would have done

 

They can't say for sure what the material is?

That's how I read it anyway.

However, I wouldn't say it was any form of plastic in any case.

 

Any doll people near you Charlie?

I think it needs hands on.............

 

Afraid not Judy, would be interesting to know what the body was supposed to look like

 

How about a wood carver....lol....they should know wood when they see/feel it!

 

Of all my antique dollhouse dolls I don't have ANY that have a flat neck bottom like that, mine ALL have bisque or china heads that are hollow .. that includes the shoulder area as well, the hollow shoulders fit over the body and are then attached to the body chest by sewing it firmly or gluing it. I really don't believe this is a doll item at all but maybe is part of a figurine or other ornament. That being said he has a lovely handsome face and is VERY well made ... Joy.

 

Thanks for the info joy

 

that's not Wilhelm Zwo and not a German uniform. looks rather French.

 

I think it's a fabulous man's head!

 

@i need help, they specifically called it a "a very hard and solid wood base composition".....ln my mind I'm thinking like some sort of a wood pulp and 'glue' (?) mixture to form this mix that produced this result????? (I think it looks somewhat like a plaster....what with the paint loss)

 

Very possibly

 

there was Emil Pfeiffer in Vienna that made such heads and puppets (gliederpuppen). the sign was EP in a circle.
then there was Elastolin figures that also consisted of a pulp over a wire construction.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Ritter-mit-...-um-1900-Glieder-Puppe-15cm-RRR-/123706769975

 

Joy.....that is a very good point about the construction. I never even gave that a thought.

I think the Kaiser doll/figure could be some kind of composition.....paint loss is very common with any material.

 

True. Nowhere near Wilhelm II. Not in appearance, and the wrong uniform. Although Wilhelm loved uniforms made to his taste, he had quite a collection. Besides, he had only one short arm, not two. Beautifully made face though.

It looks like Maréchal Pétain to me, the 'Marshall of France'. @kyratango will know.

 

He does have some features of Maréchal Pétain


To compare:

 

wrong moustache, Pétain had it cut straight without upwards ends.

 

That seems to have depended on his mood or the period, or both: