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Description
13" (33 cm.) Bisque shoulder head, blue glass inset eyes, painted lashes and brows, open mouth, four porcelain teeth, blonde mohair wig, cardboard torso containing bellows mechanism that "cries" when the marotte is waved, wooden stick handle. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 4700 S (pb in star) H 12. Comments: Schoneau and Hoffmeister bisque head, the marotte likely the production of Zinner and Sohne, circa 1890. Value Points: the party marotte is all original, having red and blue silk costume and cap with silk fringe and lace collar, functions well.