A character faced man with very expressive features and detailed facial sculpting has composition head posed looking sharply upward, brown glass eyes, leather eyelids, strong nose with drilled hole for positioning of brass balancing rod, open mouth with double row of teeth, blonde mohair wig, carton torso and legs, feet weight for standing without base, composition hands. He is wearing an elaborate jester costume of maroon velvet and ivory silk with silver metallic fringe, cerise silk cape with gold metallic trim, and holds a wooden guitar. Posed on one tiptoe on the brass rod balanced on his nose is a small bisque doll with elaborate multi-colored silk harlequin costume. Movements: the balancing rod twirls causing the small doll to appear to dance and spin around; the juggler strums the guitar and his eyelids open and close From the earliest works of Jean Roullet, with mechanism by Theroude, according to new research by Christian Bailly. Few of the early weighted- foot models exist today. Later, a similar automaton, but with base, was offered by Roullet & Decamps depicting a clown balancing a spinning toy on his nose; the price was 90 francs, in the luxury price range. Jean Roullet, circa 1867. 25" (64 cm) man only. Three movements. One tune.