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Description
17" (43 cm.) Arranged upon a velvet-covered wooden
platform is a wooden stool upon which is seated a
fiddler with composition head (hidden reglue low
on neck socket),glass eyes,painted
decorations,smiling expression with painted
teeth,fleecy hair,carton torso and legs,bisque
hands,wearing silk and velvet costume and holding
a wooden fiddle. Standing in front on a wooden
dancing floor is a composition head dwarf with
sculpted hair and over-sized head with painted
features,bisque hands and feet,wearing a clown
costume. The dwarf is actually supported from a
metal rod that protrudes from under the wooden
stool,although he appears to be standing on his
own feet.Movements and Music. The fiddler nods his
head from side-to-side,and in unison with his left
hand which strums the fiddle. The little dwarf
dances about,his motion actuated through the
hidden metal rod from the stool. Music plays. The
clockwork motor and music are original,having 2
brass cams controlling the dancer's bounce as well
as body side-shift,and the violinist's bowing arm
and head swaying side-to-side.Louis
Renou,Paris,circa 1910.