#153

French Bisque Musical Automaton "Little Girl with Basket and Surprise" Leopold Lambert
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$4,750
sold
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Standing upon a velvet-covered platform is a young girl with bisque head,flat-cut neck socket,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark painted curly lashes,brush-stroked brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with defined space between the lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,French carton torso and legs,wire upper arms,bisque forearms. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 4 (and artist checkmarks) L.B. (key). Comments: Leopold Lambert,circa 1890. Value Points: beautiful bebe with fine creamy bisque is holding a woven basket in which is nestled a little bird; when wound,the girl turns her head side-to-side,nods,and lifts the lid of the basket as the bird awakens,while music plays.