$2,800
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Each has paper mache head with characterized
expression,painted smiling closed mouth,upturned nose,he with
blue glass eyes and bisque hands,she with painted blue eyes
and paper mache hands,brunette human hair,carton torso with
mechanism,paper mache legs hinge-attached to torso.
Condition: generally excellent,boy's mechanism functions
well,girl needs adjustment. Comments: Roullet et Decamps,circa
1910,the dolls were modeled after drawings of Montmartre
urchins by French artist Poulbot for Decamps,named "Toto" and
"Tata". Value Points: delightful characters,the boy especially
pleasing with glass eyes,turning head,tilting side to side.