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10" (25 cm.) Seated in a woven donkey cart with metal spoken wheels is a bisque head girl with blue glass inset eyes, painted lashes and brows, closed mouth, blonde mohair wig, kid body, wire upper arms, metal hands, wearing original rose silk satin gown with lace Normandy coiffe. The cart is being pulled by a paper mache donkey with black bead eyes, nodding attached head, leather harness, and one small wheel beneath. When wound, the cart moves forward, and the little girl moves her body back and forth as though urging the nodding head donkey forward. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: attributed to Vichy, circa 1880. Value Points: the enchanting toy is perfectly preserved, stored in its original box from Au Bon Marche.