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Description
13" overall (33 cm). Standing upon a wooden platform with enclosed bellows are a pair of bisque-headed dolls with glass inset eyes, open mouth, painted lashes and brows, tiny teeth, blonde mohair wig, wooden torsos and lower arms, wire upper arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: G.K. 44.17. Comments: bisque heads by Kuhnlenz, mechanism attributed to Zinner and Sohne, circa 1890; when base is squeezed the dolls bend forward and backward, waving their arms as though ringing the bells they hold, while music plays. Value Points: very fine original condition, original silk jester costumes, wigs, shoes, functions well.