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Description
20" (51 cm.) Standing upon a patterned-velvet covered base is a bisque-head doll with amber brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, lushly-painted lashes, brush-stroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with upturned lip corners, outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, bisque forearms. When wound, music plays, the girl turns her head side to side and nods; as she nods she simultaneously lifts the little bisque doll to her lips as though to kiss it, and then alternately lifts the mirror to gaze into it. Condition: generally excellent, music and mechanism function well. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 4 (doll) (original paper tune label under base listing one waltz). Comments: Leopold Lambert, circa 1890. Value Points: beautiful brown-eyed bebe with enchanting movements, wearing splendid original silk costume with rich lace trim, matching bonnet, woven stockings, and silk shoes.