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Description
14"(36 cm.) dome base. 8"egg. A paper mache Easter egg is constructed with a wax baby head
and baby limbs appearing to be emerging from the egg,the head with blue glass eyes and blonde
mohair tendrils beneath the constructed paper mache hood,the arms and legs in curled baby
pose,with decorative lace ruffle,and designed for the head to be removed for use as candy
container. The egg is arranged within a glass dome with ebony-finish wooden base,and
surrounded by paper and silk flowers of the same era,and a second all-wax baby in egg.
Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French,circa 1885. Value Points: rare candy container
baby presented in unusual arrangement,rare style of glass dome.