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Description
10" (25 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead with blonde sculpted hair drawn away from her face and captured in a painted green snood which is decorated with purple lustre ribbon and tassels, painted blue eyes, painted brows and lashes, closed mouth, blushed cheeks, on original carton shaped torso and skirt which encloses mechanism, kid arms, brass feet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 10 H (shoulders) Patented July 15th, 1862, also in Europe 20 Dec 1862 (skirt). Comments: Autoperipatetikos from the patent designs of Enoch Rich Morrison, circa 1865, marketed by Martin & Runyon; when wound the doll "walks" by alternately lifting each foot. Value Points: well-preserved rare early American mechanical doll with rare bisque head for this model.