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Description
23" (58 cm.) Standing upon a rose velvet-covered
wooden platform is a bisque-headed man with blue
glass paperweight inset eyes,painted
features,slightly-parted lips,blonde mohair
wig,very slender elongated carton torso and
shapely legs,bisque hands,wearing rose satin
Marquis costume with gilt metallic trim,ivory
satin vest,tri-corn hat,lace jabot and cuffs,and
with cigarette holder in his right hand and a
hankie in his left hand. Condition: mechanism and
music function well,hairline at right side of
head. Marks: L.B. (key). Comments: Leopold
Lambert,circa 1890 with bisque head by Jumeau,the
smoking mechanism operates through a hidden system
of internal tubing. Value Points: the Marquis,when
wound,turns his head side to side and nods,drawing
his cigarette holder to his lips and inhaling,then
lifting his hankie toward his face and
exhaling,appearing to casually brush away the
smoke that actually appears,while music plays. The
mechanism is realistic and was highly impressive
at its time of production.