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Description
13"(33 cm.) Standing upon a three-wheeled tinplate platform is a bisque-headed girl with blue
glass inset eyes,painted lashes and brows,accented eye corners and nostrils,closed
mouth,pierced ears,long blonde mohair wig over cork pate,carton torso and legs,wire upper
arms,metal hands. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: attributed to Vichy,circa
1875,when wound the little girl glides forward and in circles,turns head,appears to play
badminton; an attached wire to the badminton bird gives an extra aspect of reality. Value Points:
fine original condition is well preserved,the little girl wearing her original silk costume and
bonnet.