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Description
18" (46 cm.) Paper mache socket head, blue glass inset eyes, painted white clown complexion with three painted bees and bugs, and red clown accents, open mouth, row of teeth, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French, circa 1890. Value Points: fine original finish with delightfully-imaginative painting, and wearing original magenta and ivory silk costume with embroidered details.