$4,250
Sold
sold
Click image to enlarge
Description
12" (30 cm.) Arranged upon a green velvet covered base is a paper mache cabbage rose with green velvet bowl and pink-tinged muslin petals, and with additional decorative flowers. Hiding inside the cabbage rose is a bisque head child doll with brown glass paperweight eyes, painted lashes and brows, closed mouth, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, who is holding her arms up to her mouth. When wound, the lid pops open, the little bisque head emerges, turns from side to side, and moves her arms as though blowing kisses. Condition: generally excellent, mechanism functions well. Comments: Roullet et Decamps, circa 1890, the popular themed automaton was made in a variety of styles including a doll emerging from a tree trunk, a brioche, a basket, or, as this case, a petaled flower. Value Points: beautifully-preserved automaton, bearing a blue ribbon award from the 1959 UFDC convention.