French Paper Mache Mechanical Man by Roullet et Decamps with Au Nain Bleu Label

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11" (28 cm.) Paper mache head with painted facial features, ruddy complexion, brown outlined eyes with lashes, wide comma-shaped brows, red nose, closed mouth, black mohair wig, carton torso, metal hinged upper arms and legs, paper mache hands and weighted large black shoes with attached kidskin spats. Condition: generally excellent, mechanism functions well. Comments: Roullet et Decamps, circa 1920, when wound he totters from side to side as though walking drunkenly. Value Points: with original paper label from luxury Paris toy store of Au Nain Bleu, with fine original complexion and costume of society man out on the town.