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Description
19" (48 cm.) Standing upon a velvet-covered base is a bisque-head lady with amber-tinted complexion enhancing her angular heart-shaped face,narrow brown glass inset eyes,dark eyeliner,long painted brown lashes and thick brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with very full lips,pierced ears,black mohair wig in upswept fashion over cork pate,slender carton torso and legs,wire upper arms,amber-tinted bisque forearms. When wound,the lady elegantly turns her head side to side,then inclines her head as though offering tea,she lifts the tea pot and,in a refined and gracious manner,pours the tea into a cup on the tray she holds,then extends the tray as though serving. Music plays throughout. Condition: generally excellent,mechanism and music function well,costume a bit dusty. Marks: (original tune label "Carmen" on underside) L. Lambert Fabricant Objets Automatiques Articles Riche 13 Rue Portefoin (original gilt lettered red paper label on underside). Comments: Leopold Lambert,circa 1888,with bisque head commissioned from Jumeau and sculpted exclusively for this luxury automaton model. Value Points: rare model with superb facial model,lovely bisque,very refined movements,wearing her original gold silk and velvet costume (an identically-costumed model is shown in The Encyclopedia of French Dolls by Theimer,page 337),and with very rare original Lambert paper label.