THEODORE ROOSEVELT C. 1912 HIGH RELIEF FIGURAL COMPO PIN OF HIS HEAD WITH NOSE ON A WIRE SPRING.
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Winning Bid:
$539.25
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Monday, January 16, 2023 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Monday, January 16, 2023 9:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Session I January 2023 Political
Item Description
This is one of the most amazing Theodore Roosevelt items we have ever seen and it is very likely from the 1912 campaign. The item is made of extremely high relief painted paper mache with a flat back featuring an oval cardboard covering along with a 1.25" vertical brass stickpin. The item is 2.5" tall from the bottom of the chin to the tip of his hat. The width is 2-1/8" from ear to ear. The depth of his face, with highly molded details, is 1.25". The upward tapering spring nose, mounted just above a nose which is part of his face, is finely coiled and 1.25" long ending in a rounded three dimensional composition material second nose. The item is indisputably meant to represent Roosevelt and features black lines around his raised eyes that represent his pince nez eye glasses. There is a bushy mustache painted on his upper lip and within the recessed mouth area is red cross hatching representing his toothy grin. The entire head is topped with a somewhat cartoon-like representation of what can be taken as a Rough Rider hat. This novelty, unique in our experience, was clearly designed to solicit a reaction from any viewer encountering it. A viewer seeing this item would be immediately tempted to reach out and "Tweak" the nose on the spring tip to see it move. Perhaps the thought behind the item stems from the idea that Roosevelt was sticking his nose into usual two party politics in 1912 by launching his own third party. A wonderful, figural novelty pin-back essentially Mint as made. For a photo of this head (as a nodder with normal nose) on a TR body with spring arms, see the David and Janice Frent illustrated book Running For President page 40.
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