It is always fun when I am able
to share a figure with all of you. I decided today to show you this
great example of figure building by Ken Spencer. Ken Spencer was a
contemporary of Frank Marshall and actually worked for a bit in the
Mack shop. He later went on to do great ventriloquism in his own
right and built some fantastic figures.
This fellow whom I named Sailor Joe is a wonderful totally original
figure never having been restored in any way by anyone. This is just
the way I like to find the figures. Other than a bandage on his neck
(he cut himself shaving) he is untouched. Unusual paint in that it
is glossy. Must have been the only paint at the hardware store when
Ken purchased that day.
He is 42" in height and has ball and socket neck with the male
connector on the bottom of the head stick which slides into the
female connection on the board inside the body to hold the head in
place. He has slot jaw, upper lip smile (made with a piece of metal
on the outside of the upper jaw and painted as the upper lip and
this I think is unique to Ken Spencer), side to side weighted moving
eyes and also his eyes will blink. Unfortunately the string is
broken which controls that function and I have not made the repair.
When repair is done I will add the pictures.
He is dressed in a 1940's period sailor suit and also old worn
shoes.
If only he would reveal to me who his original owner happened to
have been!!
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