TYPE SM DANDY
Type SM Dandy is one of the rarer early puppets. He is very seldom found for sale.
Dandy came to me from his original owner and was used for stage shows.
Sadly he has lost one of his drop lead hands. This really is his only major fault I can see.
The face paint is very good and he retains fur hair, he even has his moustache and two eyebrows. He retains a felt tongue.
The top hat is good and his clothes are good, just the little holes in the trouser knees where previous strings have probably worn through and the trousers are also a little discoloured at the tops and dusty.
The yellow waistcoat is very good and he wears a little red bow tie on the shirt.
The black coat is very good.
The damage ie his hand, is something that could be put right if you can find a new pair. These need to be found from a similar era puppet for parts. The colour should match the face paint and lower arms.
Strung on thin black thread and original control, the mouth string screw eye has been reinserted close to the original screw eye which has snapped in situe.
There is no original box, he came to me unboxed, so I have put him in one that's the best type I have in stock, it is for an SS Pirate Man so being a rare box may be of use to the collector who buys Dandy.
Box is stamped SS Pirate Man and is in good used condition.