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Description
19" (48 cm.) overall. 14" doll. Standing upon a velvet-covered wooden stage which contains musical and clockwork mechanism is a bisque-head doll with brown glass paperweight inset eyes, painted facial features, lushly painted lashes, accented nostrils, closed mouth with shaded lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, bisque forearms, original blonde mohair wig over cork pate. A wicker basket is attached to her torso (although appearing to be held in her hands) in which is hidden a paper mache poodle with glass eyes and mohair fluffy "fur". When wound, the doll turns her head side to side and then lifts her right arms to open the front door of the wicker basket, and the puppy pops out, while music plays. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG (head), original paper label listing one tune "La coeur a la main". Comments: Leopold Lambert, circa 1890. Value Points: charming vignette depicting a little girl demonstrating her puppy, the girl is wearing all original elaborate silk costume, slippers, and bonnet, and is preserved under original glass dome.