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Description
19" (48 cm.) Standing upon a velvet-covered box
platform is a bisque-head lady with rich
amber-tinted complexion,oval slender face,brown
glass eyes,painted features,closed mouth with full
lips,pierced ears,brunette mohair wig,carton torso
and legs,wire upper arms,amber-tinted bisque
forearms. When wound,she turns her head from
side-to-side,lifts the tea pot she holds in her
right hand to pour into the cup that she holds in
her left hand,then offers the cup,music plays.
Condition: generally excellent,music and mechanism
function well. Marks: L.B. (key). Comments:
Leopold Lambert,circa 1890; Lambert commissioned a
special series of bisque heads from Jumeau that
would highlight the theme of his automata; some of
these heads were later created as bisque dolls by
Jumeau (such as the 200 series),but others
(including this one) were only used for the
original commission purpose. Value Points: rare
luxury salon automaton with splendid original silk
costume and superb quality of bisque and painting
of the unique face.