I love the unique and unusual and this particular figure fills the bill for sure. It is a soft cloth body with a cast paper mache head covered in the same green fabric as the body with a wooden head stick with lever to control the mouth movement. The eyes are wood spheres which are painted.
The figure is from the 1960’s and I have not been able to find out any information on the maker. I thought it may have been made by Bill Boley but conclusive information is not available.
In any case this is a very nice and unusual figure and I am happy he is in the Ventriloquist Central Collection.
Click here to see more pictures of the Ventriloquist Frog Figure
Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com
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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com
Copyright 2012 by Dan Willinger
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