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Description
13" x 13" base, 14" overall height seated.
Arranged upon a velvet covered wooden platform
which contains a mechanical and musical device,
is a bisque-headed doll with brown glass eyes,
mohair lashes, painted lashes, brushstroked
brows, open mouth, four porcelain teeth, pierced
ears, blonde mohair wig, flowered cotton dress,
holding a small all-bisque doll in her left arm
and a bone rattle in her right hand; arranged
around her other toys including dog, and bisque
doll in military uniform riding a donkey.
CONDITION: Generally excellent. MARKS: LB (key)
SH 1039 7 dep (doll). COMMENTS: Lambert, circa
1895, the automaton is one of the few which were
actually deposed in French courts, #238.207, on
May 1, 1894. When wound, music plays and the doll
performs a complicated series of synchronized
movements: turning head, nodding head, lifting
doll, kicking alternate feet, lifting rattle; a
nearly identical piece is shown in Automata, The
Golden Age by Bailly, page 184. VALUE POINTS:
Beautifully preserved rare mechanical toy
functions well.