#299

French Bisque Automaton
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$5,600
sold
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Description

18" overall (46 cm.) Standing upon a brocade covered wooden base is a bisque-headed doll with brown glass paperweight inset eyes, painted lashes and brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with accented lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, bisque forearms, maroon silk and lace costume, holding a tambourine in right hand and bell in the other. When wound she moves her head side to side, nods, and alternately shakes the tambourine and then the bell, while music plays. Condition: generally excellent, mechanism and music function well. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 1 (head). Comments: Roullet et Decamps, circa 1895. Value Points: pretty little girl with amusing action, dramatic large eyes.