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Description
20" (51 cm.) Standing upon a maroon velvet covered
base is a bisque-head girl with blue glass
paperweight inset eyes,painted
lashes,brush-stroked and feathered brows,accented
nostrils,closed mouth with outlined lips,pierced
ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,French
carton torso and legs,wire upper arms,bisque
forearms. When wound she turns her head,nods,and
alternately fans herself with silk-covered fan
held in her right hand,and then lifts the nosegay
of flowers she holds in her right hand to enjoy
their scent. Condition: generally
excellent,mechanism and music function well.
Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Depose Bte SGDG 4
(head). (original tune label on base listing "La
Grosse Caisse" song). Comments: Leopold
Lambert,circa 1888,with original bisque head by
Jumeau. Value Points: beautiful and all-original
automaton,the little girl is wearing her superb
original apple green dress and bonnet with lace
overlay,original fan,flowers,stockings,shoes,with
charming presentation and music.