#628

French Musical Box with Dancing Doll
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$550
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11" (28 cm.) Posed upon a maple wooden box is a bisque headed doll with glass eyes, closed mouth, blonde mohair wig, loosely jointed limbs, original green silk and black lace dress, attached by means of a metal rod. Inside the box is a musical mechanical system which, when wound and lever activated causes the little doll to dance about, while two tunes play. Condition: generally excellent, mechanism and music function well, doll is all-original, remnants of original paper label with music tune are on base (...Le Matineur...7271). French, circa 1890.