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Description
23"(58 cm.) Bisque socket head,brown glass eyes,dark eyeliner,painted curly lashes,brush-
stroked brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,open mouth,outlined lips,four porcelain
teeth,pierced ears,wheat blonde human hand-tied wig,metal torso with sound holes containing
Edison phonograph,Sonneberg composition and wooden fully-jointed limbs. Condition: generally
excellent,mechanism functions well,feet retouched. Marks: S 2 H 1009 Dep st. Comments: Simon
and Halbig,with Edison phonograph in torso interior,winding at the back,circa 1895. Value
Points: very rare mechanical music box which makes beautiful music; the marketing attempt was
unsuccessful and few examples of the rare doll ever appeared on the market.