Standing upon a velvet covered wooden platform is a bisque-head girl with brown glass paperweight inset eyes, closed mouth, brunette mohair wig, carton torso and legs, bisque lower arms. She hold a red silk fan with feathered edging in her left hand, and a small bouquet of flowers in her right. She wears a red silk satin dress with rich lace overlay at the skirt, sleeves and bodice and matching chapeau. The doll is marked Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG. The key is marked LB. The program label on underbase is marked LB and the ink script name of the tune "Boccaccio". The doll is presented under her original glass dome.
Movements: She turns her head from side-to-side, nods, lifts her left arm as though to sniff the flowers, lifts her left arm and turns it so as to fan herself. Music plays.
Historical References: The operetta Boccaccio, written by the Viennese composer Franz von Suppe, in 1879 was immensely popular for a number of year, both in Vienna and in Paris. A tune from that operetta was added panache to a fashionable young lady automaton dressed in the latest haute couture by Eugenie lambert. Both costume and music have been perfectly preserved for this 115 years. Circa 1890.