#80

Lady Flower-Seller with Surprises
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$12,500
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A bisque-head lady with portrait like expression depicting adult woman has slender facial modeling with aquiline nose, blue glass paperweight eyes, open mouth with slightly upturned lips, double row of teeth, blonde mohair wig, carton torso and legs with shapely ankles, and bisque forearms. She is posed upon a red velvet covered wooden flat base, wearing a coral and ivory silk dress with velvet jacket, silk pom-poms, matching bonnet, silk shoes and stockings, and is holding an ormolu tray with double handles containing two large white silk flowers. The head, by Jumeau, is marked Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 8. Movements: the lady turns her head from side to side and nods up and down, she taps her right hand, and the right hand flower opens, revealing its surprise, a brown faced monkey with glass-eyes, who turns his head from side to side and opens and closes his hinged mouth; she taps her left hand and the other flower opens, revealing its surprise, a pair of all bisque dolls that twirl and dance about. An identical smaller model was shown in the Lambert catalog named Bouquetiere,No.7. This larger size, have portrait face, was a deluxe model, probably made for special commission. By Leopold Lambert, France, circa 1880. 28" (72 cm). Seven movements Two tunes. Exhibits: Bagatelle,Paris,1993.