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19" (48 cm.) Standing upon a patterned-velvet wooden base is a young girl with bisque head, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, painted curly lashes, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, bisque forearms, wearing an original elaborate silk costume and bonnet, with iron rod hidden at her torso which supports a wicker basket upon which is a large paper mache egg; the basket and egg are seemingly supported by the red silk ribbons held from her hands. When wound, she nods her head, and then turns side to side while alternately lifting the hankie she holds, and then lifting the lid of the egg to reveal a baby bird which seems to awake and then flits back and forth. Condition: generally excellent, some frailty to original costume, mechanism and music function well. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 4 (head) Barbe Bleu 1 air (original paper label on base). Comments: Leopold Lambert, circa 1890. Value Points: the delightful movements are complimented by the charming music and original costume and accessories, with silk flowers at the basket matched by silk flowers in hair, and hand-painted detail on the beautiful flowing vest