Passed
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Description
16" (41 cm.) Standing upon a velvet-covered wooden base with wooden ball feet,is a bisque-head doll with blue glass eyes,painted features,closed mouth,blonde mohair wig,carton torso and legs,bisque forearms. She is wearing her original frail rose satin dress with ivory trim and matching bonnet,and she holds the string to a small bisque Polichinelle in one hand in which also holds the arm broken from that figure,and a hankie in the other. The Polichinelle is costumed in traditional two-color silk jester suit with matching hat. Movements and Music. The little girl contemplates her broken favorite toy,the classic Polichinelle,holding the ripped-off arm in her hand while he lies on the floor below her. Seeking to rescue the toy,she raises her left arm and Polichinelle slightly raises from the attached string,she holds but then lowers again when her arm lowers. She bows her head,and lifts the hankie to her eyes three times,as though to wipe away the tears. Music plays. Louis Renou,Paris,circa 1900,the doll is marked "F.G." in scroll shape.