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Description
9" (23 cm) overall length. A wooden cart is woven
with green and red decorated and braided wicker
in a festive manner, with green painted base and
red spoked metal wheels. The cart is pulled by a
flocked paper mache donkey with black bead eyes,
leather harness, and "nodding" head, and a bisque-
headed girl with blue glass enamel inset eyes,
painted lashes, accented nostrils and eye
corners, closed mouth, blonde hair and original
rose sateen dress with coiffe, apron and hank of
wool, is seated on the cart bench. When keywound,
the cart propels forward, the girl nods back and
forth as though urging the donkey, and he "nods"
his head. CONDITION: Generally excellent. MARKS:
F.G. (in scroll) 2/0. COMMENTS: Circa 1890. VALUE
POINTS: In pristine condition, functioning well,
the rare and imaginative toy is preserved in its
original box from the Paris department store Au
Bon Marche.