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A bisque-head man with blue glass paperweight eyes, closed mouth, brunette wig, carton torso and legs, bisque forearms, is standing upon a green velvet covered wooden base. He wears black silk costume of Spanish dancer with ivory shirt, yellow sash and tie, beaded ornament on hair, and carries a decorated tambourine in his left hand. The doll is marked Tete Jumeau. The key is marked L.B. Movements: he moves his head from side to side, waves his right hand, and pivots his left hand as though shaking the tambourine. By Leopold Lambert, France, circa 1895. 26" (67 cm) with arm upstretched. Three movements. One tune. Exhibits: Hospice Saint-Charles, Liege, 1994.