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Description
18" (46 cm.) Arranged upon a velvet-covered wooden platform is a bisque head lady seated at a wooden spinning wheel, blue glass paperweight eyes, painted features, closed mouth, blonde mohair wig, carton torso and legs, bisque forearms, wearing a fine silk costume with lace trim and bonnet, silk and lace apron. When wound, she turns her head side-to-side, and nods forward, while turning the spinning wheel with her right hand, and appearing to feed the wool flax into the spinning wheel with the other, and music plays. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Roullet et Decamps, circa 1895, with bisque head from Jumeau, marked "Tete Jumeau 2". Value Points: all-original automaton with charming homespun movements.