$7,000
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Description
19"(48 cm.) Standing upon a velvet-covered platform which contains musical and mechanical
movements,is a bisque-head doll with large blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark
eyeliner,lushly-painted lashes,mauve blushed eye shadow,closed mouth,pierced ears,blonde
mohair wig over cork pate,bisque shoulder plate,carton torso and legs,wire upper arms,bisque
forearms. When wound,the doll turns her head from side to side,nods,calls for attention with
her right hand,and appears to lift the lid to show the "surprise"inside her woven wicker basket;
the "surprise"is a little bird that flits back and forth. Condition: generally excellent,mechanism
and music function well. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 4 (and artist checkmarks,on
doll) La Vogue Valse (music tune label on base). Comments: Leopold Lambert,circa 1890.
Value Points: the beautiful automaton with charming movement,original elaborate costume
and basket.