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Description
20" (51 cm.) Standing upon a velvet-covered base is a bisque-head lady with brown glass inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, bisque forearms. When wound, she turns her head side to side, strums the mandolin, and music plays. Condition: generally excellent, music and motion function Comments: Roullet et Decamps, circa 1885, with bisque head attributed to Jumeau. Value Points: rarity factors include exquisite portrait like face, original silk festival costume, and unusual pose of bent right leg.