An Early Victorian Papier-mâché Vase by Jennens & Bettridge, London c.1840-50 sub-Art & Sculpture the patina giving it a

the patina giving it a nostalgic feeling of past letters once penned

Some of the mechanisms are still working and the figure was probably a smoker too though the tubes have perished for the smokers in the mouth but this is always the case

albeit slightly neurotic

two coils of wire

There are one or two very faint hairline cracks

An Early Victorian Papier-mâché Vase by Jennens & Bettridge, London c.1840-50 sub-Art & Sculpture the patina giving it aOrigin: English Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 50 Height: 14 Diameter: 7 (at extremities) The papier mch vase of elegant baluster form with neo classical figural decoration to a sea green ground with black banding and gilt swagged highlights, the central band in a chocolate brown with the beautiful hand painted figures in ivory, the whole being a very scarce model by Jennens & Bettridge and surviving from the early Victorian