$6,500
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Description
19" (48 cm.) Standing upon a red velvet covered shaped base is a bisque head doll with blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, bisque shoulderplate, carton shapely torso and legs, wire upper arms, bisque forearms. When wound, music plays and the young lady turns her head side to side, beats the drum, and clangs the cymbals in synchronic movements. Condition: generally excellent, music and motion function well. Comments: Roullet et Decamps, the automaton appeared in their catalog as "Polichinelle Femme", #218. Value Points: charming automaton is all original, wearing silk striped Polichinelle costume and matching bicorn feathered hat, and with silk ribbon decorated tin drum.