#211

Beautifully-Preserved Italian Felt Purse in the Shape of a Jester
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$500
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Description
9 1/2" (24 cm.) Felt swivel head with pressed and painted facial features, narrow brown painted eyes with dark eyeliner, high arched brows, closed mouth with wide beaming smile, row of teeth, with long blue felt stocking cap with red stripes and green fringe, having hollow red felt "purse" body with zipper back, mitten hands, yellow felt collar and cuffs, blue felt shoes, and red felt handle. Condition: generally excellent, one tiny moth hole. Marks: Lenci (original cloth label). Comments: Lenci, late 1930s, imaginative costume accessory with Centaur character face detail as used for the rare Lenci doll, Pan. Value Points: brilliant colors in original design are superbly preserved in this rare accessory. The actual jester appears in a full page photograph in the book, Lenci, the History and the Doll, by Nancy Lazenby, page 159.