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Description
16" (41 cm.) A paper-mache lion with separately hinged head and limbs,has glass eyes,hinged
open mouth with painted teeth and fangs,long tail,curly mane,and contains a clockwork
mechanism which,when wound,allows the lion to walk forward,and then,suddenly leap.
Meanwhile his mouth opens and closes and he occasionally (weakly) roars. Excellent condition.
French,Roullet & Decamps,circa