#68

French Wax Fashionable Lady Posed on Candy Box for Marquise Sevigne
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10" (25 cm.) Poured wax shoulderhead of lady with painted side-glancing eyes, closed mouth, blonde mohair wig in rolled curls under fitted feathered cloche, wax arms with posed bent elbows, posed seated on stool which is actually a candy box, with painted silver shoes, silk skirt, parasol. The base of box removes for access to candy, and the box has original paper label of the Paris candy shop Marquise Sevigne. Condition: very good, some costume restoration. Comments: Paris, circa 1910. Value Points: charming dilettante haughty pose.