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Description
23" (58 cm.) Standing upon a velvet-covered wooden
platform is a bisque-head lady with blue glass
eyes,open mouth,four teeth,and dramatically
decorated eyes and eye brows. She has a brunette
mohair wig,carton torso with lady shape and
articulation at the waist,elongated slender
legs,bisque forearms,and is wearing her original
blue silk satin dress decorated with bead-attached
gold coins,and matching cap. She holds a wooden
guitar with painted floral decorations.Movements
and Music. Strumming the guitar with her right
hand,the lady leans back and forth at the waist in
a sinuous manner,her head turning independently.
Music plays. Roullet et Decamps,circa 1900,with
original bisque head marked "1159 Germany Simon &
Halbig,S&H 6". The model appeared in the R&D
catalog as model 518,the larger of two examples of
this piece.