#51.1

French Musical Automaton "Dancing Girl with Tambourine" by Roullet & Decamps
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$4,250
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31" (79 cm.) Centered on a maroon velvet-covered wooden base with wooden bun feet,is a bisque-headed doll with blue glass eyes,painted features,open mouth,four porcelain teeth,dimpled chin,blonde mohair wig,carton torso with shapely female bosom and waist,carton legs,the left leg with hinged articulation at the hips and knee,bisque forearms. She is wearing ivory silk satin Hungarian costume with gold metallic edging,matching velvet vest,veiled coiffe,and carrying a richly decorated tambourine with silk ribbons and bells. Movement and Music. Nodding her head side-to-side as though in time to the music,she pivots her wrist back and forth to shake the tambourine,and repeatedly stamps her foot as though a dance maneuver. Music plays. Roullet et Decamps,circa 1900,with bisque head,model 1309,by Simon and Halbig.