#382

French Bisque Automaton "Little Girl with Puppy in Cage" by Lambert
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$15,500
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Description

18" (46 cm.) Standing upon a velvet-covered platform is a bisque headed doll with blue glass paperweight inset eyes, lushly painted lashes, rose blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with accented lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, bisque forearms. She holds a basket cage in her hands in which is hidden a little puppy; when wound, the girl turns her head from side to side and up and down as though to capture attention, and then lifts the door of the cage while the puppy appears to leap forward, opening and closing his mouth; music plays. Condition: generally excellent, mechanism and music function well. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 4 (doll). Comments: Leopold Lambert, circa 1890. Value Points: rare luxury automaton features little girl wearing her (dusty) original deluxe silk costume, rose silk bonnet, original shoes, and having five movements.