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Description
20" (51 cm.) (excluding hat). Standing upon a velvet-covered base is a bisque head jester with blue glass inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes and brows, closed mouth in wide beaming smile, pointy-tip nose and chin, painted red lines accentuating the dimples and forehead, carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, bisque forearms, costumed as jester and holding a matching marotte. When wound, music plays, the jester waves his right hand as though beckoning, then turns his head, lifts his left hand to show the marotte, and nods to look at it. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French, circa 1880, maker unknown. Value Points: most endearing vignette, the movements accentuated by the highly characterized facial model.