SOLD Antique Jointed Mannequin Hand with Very Rich Patina antique advertising envelope Good on the table under

Good on the table under the coffee pot or tea pot or dishes or candlesticks or whatever

that it is a “Shutter dog”— made to hold a shutter open (“dog” being an Old English term for fastener)

This is an unmatched but closely related pair of Chinese porcelain ‘Kitchen Ming’ dishes

minimally visible apart from the underside

The wrinkles may steam out some but they don't bother me personally as it has a casualness about it already

SOLD Antique Jointed Mannequin Hand with Very Rich Patina antique advertising envelope Good on the table underThere are new and recent vintage mannequin hands out there made to look like old ones, but this is a real one that has clearly been around the block, or more likely, around the studio. Mannequins are not my expertise and you may be a better judge that I am (so much variation among them, including from Italian to English to French to American, which is part of what makes them interesting.) But on a little comparison to other examples out there (shape