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20" (51 cm.) Standing upon velvet covered base is a bisque-head doll, brown glass eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes and brows, closed mouth with shaded lips, pierced ears, dark brunette mohair wig over cork pate, carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, paper mache hands, original Spanish festival dress of gold silk with black lace overskirt, red silk bows and gold jewelry. When wound, music plays and she sways her body back and forth, turns her head, and alternately lifts her left hand, and then her right hand which she twists back and forth at her wrist, thus shaking the tambourine which she holds. Condition: generally excellent, music and mechanism function well. Marks: Depose Jumeau 1 (head) L.B. (key). Comments: Leopold Lambert, circa 1890. Value Points: charming automaton with appealing movements.