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11" (28 cm.) Arranged upon a painted tin metal platform with three spoked wheels is a girl with paper mache swivel head, enamel eyes, nicely painted features, slightly parted lips, double row of teeth, blonde mohair wig, paper mache torso and legs, kid arms with separated fingers, wearing original elaborate aqua silk dress with lace and ribbon trim and matching bonnet, and carries a small bouquet of flowers. When wound, the wheeled hidden platform glides forward and in circles, while the girl turns her head briskly from side to side and moves her arms up and down. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: attributed to Theroude, Paris, circa 1850. Value Points: charming early mechanical girl wearing wonderful original costume with well-detailed decorations.