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Description
20" (51 cm.) Standing upon a green velvet covered
platform is a bisque-head girl with brown glass
paperweight inset eyes,painted lashes and
brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with outlined
lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork
pate,carton torso and legs,wire upper arms,bisque
forearms. When wound,the little girl turns her
head from the side,nods,and then alternately lifts
the feather-fan she holds in her right
head,fanning herself,and lifts the book of
Fables,with blue velvet and bone cover,as though
to read,while music plays. Condition: generally
excellent,music and motion function well and
charmingly. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 4
(head). Comments: Leopold Lambert,with Jumeau
bisque head,circa 1888. Value Points: superb
all-original condition,the girl wears aqua brocade
silk jacket dress with lace trim,and with matching
feathered bonnet,matching
fan,shoes,undergarments,charming and unusual
vignette,and perfectly-preserved under its
original glass dome and base.