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Description
36" (91 cm.) Posed upon a velvet-covered wooden
stage with flowered arbor forming a background
scene,is a paper-mache moon-faced dandy with
over-size head,movable glass eyes,movable thick
brows,mouth with broadly-beaming smile and
inserted pipe,brunette human hair curls under a
gold-silk party hat,carton torso and legs,wire
upper arms,papier-mache hands. He is costumed in
rich silks and velvets in an 18th-century style
court costume. When wound,a wonderful series of
events occur,while several different quality tunes
are heard: he turns his head to and fro while
simultaneously; his eyes "flirt",his brows move up
and down and his hat moves up and down. He leans
his head forward,and lifts the glass cane that he
holds in his right hand,twirling it,and smokes
pipe. Condition: generally excellent,mechanism and
music function well. Comments: the "Moon-Faced
Dandy" was designed and created by Michel Marcu of
France,circa 1980 on special commission for Aaron
and Candy Spelling.