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Description
24" (61 cm.) Posed upon a velvet-covered wooden platform is a bisque-head gentleman with highly characterized facial model,having elongated slender face,high forehead,and aquiline nose with jaunty upturned point. He has mohair periwig,glass eyes,very slightly parted lips,and theatrically-painted complexion tones,and he is wearing his original silk Marquis costume with gilt metallic edging and tricorn matching hat. In one hand he holds a cigarette holder,and in the other a small handkerchief. Movements. Lifting his head,he then inclines it forward to inhale from the cigarette brought to his lips. He leans his head backward in satisfaction,turns side-to-side,and then exhales,while lifting his kerchief as though to brush smoke away. The smoking movements operate via a series of rubber tubing and bellows hidden inside his body and arm,and made available through the slightly open mouth. Leopold Lambert,Paris,circa 1900. The facial model,unique and highly characterized with impish expression and enhancing original complexion,is designed with slightly open mouth to enable the smoking system. Another very rare example of the facial model,Marquis Bubble blower,which also requires inner tube/bellows system appears in this catalog,#28.