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Description
14" L. Standing upon a wooden platform with metal
spoked wheels and painted ground scenes and moat
is a paper mache man with painted features, black
hair, and "blue beard", representing the
storybook figure, along with a paper mache tower
with name "Chateau de Barbe Bleu" from which is
protruding a bisque headed doll with original
silk costume. A simple mechanism is hidden
beneath the platform and when the toy is pulled
along, the man waves his arm, turns his head, and
the woman turns her head back and forth and cries
loudly for "help". CONDITION: Generally
excellent. COMMENTS: French, circa 1895, the pull-
toy "tells the story" of Blue Beard. VALUE
POINTS: Well-preserved condition of the rare pull
toy with amusing activity.