
12" (30 cm.) A bisque-headed young lad with swivel head on bisque shoulder plate, blue glass enamel inset eyes, painted lashes and feathered brows, closed mouth with accented lips, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, carton torso, wire upper arms and legs, bisque forearms, paper mache lower legs, is standing behind a cart with three metal spoked wheels which supports a French woven market hotte laden generously with dried and silk fruits and flowers that the lad is offering for sale; the doll is attached to the cart by a metal rod into his body. When wound, the young man walk briskly along, pushing his cart, head turning side to side. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Gustav Vichy, circa 1870. Value Points: delightful mechanical doll functions well, has original elaborate silk costume and decorations.