#357

Automaton
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$7,000
sold
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Description
19" (48 cm.) Standing upon a velvet covered wooden base is a bisque headed girl with blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,lushly painted lashes,widely brush-stroked brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with defined space between the shaded lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,carton torso and legs,wire upper arms,bisque forearms. The little girl is wearing rose silk costume and holds a perfume bottle and hankie. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 4 (doll). Comments: Leopold Lambert,circa 1890,when wound the girl turns side to side alternately moves arms exhibiting her hankie and perfume. Value Points: pretty automata with classic movements,two tune original music label on underside.