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Description
10" (25 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with slender
oval face,sculpted blonde hair waved away from
face and captured by a painted green snood with
purple lustre trim,painted dark blue eyes,black
upper eyeliner,aquiline nose,closed mouth,on
gown-shaped carton torso,brass feet,kid arms.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Patented
July 15th,1862,also in Europe 20 Dec. 1862.
Comments: the toy,named Autoperitpatetikous,was
patented by Enoch Rice Morrison in 1862,being
offered with a variety of different doll heads in
china,bisque and fabric base,the significant
factor being an appropriate size for the
single-size body. When wound,the double-cut brass
legs moved up and down as though walking. Value
Points: very beautiful rarely-found bisque head
for this model,the doll wears original costume
with lace trim.