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Description
14" (36 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with very pale bisque,cobalt
blue glass enamel inset eyes,dark eyeliner,delicately-painted
lashes,lightly feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye
corners,slightly-parted outlined lips,upper and lower porcelain
teeth,blonde mohair wig with cork pate,carton torso with shapely
waist and cone-shaped skirt which contains clockwork
mechanism,wooden base of cone with three metal wheels,kid-over
wooden upper arms,bisque arms to above the elbows. Condition:
generally excellent. Marks: Izzard Importer Manufacturer 136
Regent St. 136 (paper label on base). Comments: Jules Steiner of
Paris,circa 1860. Value Points: beautiful early mechanical doll
which,when wound,glides forward and side to side in graceful
movements,lifting arms up and down; the doll wears her original
costume and has original store label.