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Description
18"(46 cm.) excluding hat. Standing upon a burgundy velvet covered base with beautifully
curved sides is a bisque head doll with blue glass paperweight inset eyes,painted
lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with accented
lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,carton torso and legs,wire upper
arms,bisque forearms. Condition: generally excellent,mechanism and music function well.
Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 4 (doll). Comments: Roullet & Decamps,circa
1890,when wound,music plays and she turns her head side to side,and alternately powders
her face three times,then lifts the mirror and gazes into it. Value Points: perfectly preserved
automaton with superb original rose silk costume with Alencon lace and ivory silk faille
ribbons,matching feathered bonnet and shoes,multi-layered undergarments.