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Description
26" (66 cm.) Standing upon a velvet-covered flat base is a bisque-head lady with large brown glass paperweight eyes, dark lushly-painted lashes, brushstroked brows, mauve-blushed eye shadow, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with accented lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, bisque half-shoulderplate on padded muslin upper torso, metal lower torso containing mechanism, paper mache lower legs, wire upper arms, bisque forearms and hands. When wound, music plays and a series of six complicated movements occur in realistic and synchronic rhythm. She turns her head, and then turns her entire body independently, meanwhile fanning herself and then lifting a lorgnette to peer at the assembled scene before her. Periodically, she leans forward at the waist. Condition: generally excellent, restoration to fingers on left hand, mechanism and music function well. Marks: 9 (head). Comments: Gustav Vichy, circa 1885, with Jumeau portrait head. Value Points: wonderfully preserved rare grand size automaton with rare-to-find six elegant movements, superb silk costume and accessories.