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Description
12" (30 cm.) l. base 8" h. 5" dolls. A wooden platform is covered with decorative paper in floral designs and has a five-sided wooden backstage with gold columns and mirrored walls. Three pairs of bisque dolls (each doll with glass eyes, paper mache body, mohair wig, and original festival costume) are posed as though dancing, and when the hand-wind knob is turned each couple revolves separately, while the entire dance floor also revolves. The double movements, as well as mirrored reflection, create a grand appearance of merry activity; music plays. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Germany 10-12. Comments: attributed to Zinner and Sohne, circa 1890. Value Points: charming mechanical and musical vignette is all original and functions well. Ex-collection Spielzeug Museum of Davos.