Carved, Jointed Wooden Ballerina Mannequin, Signed vintage turquoise pin with one small scrape in

with one small scrape in the edge of the lid at the center on the gold side and a little irregularity to the gold paint overall

dings here and there

I think it is quite a wonderful little thing

but I’d leave it just as is

It has seen some use

Carved, Jointed Wooden Ballerina Mannequin, Signed vintage turquoise pin with one small scrape inI 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