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Description
18" (46 cm.) A bisque-headed lady with distinctive portrait face and pale bisque is posed upon a velvet-covered base in a proud aristocratic pose. She has blue glass paperweight eyes, high cheek bones, aquiline nose, closed mouth, white/blonde mohair wig in elaborate coiffure, separate bisque shoulder plate, shapely carton torso with adult lady shape, bisque forearms, and is wearing a maroon and ivory silk gown with lace overlay, silk-covered buttons, matching stockings and shoes and is holding a silk-covered fan in one hand, and an elaborate ormolu lorgnette in her other hand. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 3 (doll). Comments: Leopold Lambert with portrait Jumeau bisque head, circa 1890. When wound, she turns her head to the right, pauses, then lifts the lorgnette as though to view the social scene, then turns to the left, lifts the fan and fans herself three times in succession by turning her wrist to and fro; music plays. Value Points: rare portrait face, deluxe quality of movements including wrist turning, superb original costume and accessories, remains of original boutique label and music tune label on the underside.