16" (41 cm.) Encased with a glass-sided wooden box with fancy turn screws at the back for opening is an elaborately constructed heavy pasteboard multi-storied building with alcoves and garret rooms and a wig-maker's shop at the front. Posed in the shop are two men that are engaged in creating a wig, holding wigs and combs in their hands, two mannequins along side. A woman stands in front of the shop to attract customers, and man points to a large decorated sigh. At the right is a soldier with drum, and nearby is a little dog. When activated by pouring stand in the tower, various actions occur: the wig-makers work on the wig, the woman and man bend up and down and wave sticks, the soldier beats drum, and the dog nods head up and down. Condition: excellent and wonderfully preserved. Comments: circa 1820, attributed to Pierre Landras, an early luxury toy maker located at Palais Royal at the beginning of the 19th century, a similar piece with maker's label was sold from the collection of Christian Bailly (#119). Value Points: superb state of preservation, outstanding artistry of the tiny figures and creative movements.