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Description
15" (38 cm.) Wax head with two faces,one depicting a classic child model with brown glass inset
eyes and closed mouth,the other a sleeping child with eyelids modeled closed,the head enclosed
in a card stock "hood" which forms into a shoulder plate,muslin torso with bellows and pull-
string crier,composition lower limbs,antique costume. Condition: very good,rub on cheek where
head turned,crier needs adjustment. Comments: Germany,circa 1885,one of the earliest version
of the two-faced child. Value Points: rare variation of head-turning mechanism; the glass-eyed
face turns by manually turning the head,but the sleep-eyed face instantly "comes awake" when
the bellows in torso is pushed.