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Description
11" (28 cm.) Bisue shoulder head with sculpted blonde hair,tightly-arranged curls at the
forehead and a braided chignon at the nape,bright-blue painted eyes,red and black upper
eyeliner,single stroke brown brows,closed mouth,modeled bodice with ruffled neckline and
little buttons,carton torso with slender hollow floor-length carton skirt containing clockwork
mechanism,kid arms,brass lower feet. When wound,she alternately lifts her feet as though
walking. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: (remnants of original paper label). Comments:
based upon the Enoch Morrison clockwork walking doll,the English version,with variation of
hollow skirt,was marketed by J. Peacock of Oxford Street,London,using German bisque
head,circa 1865. Value Points: rare variation of the American autoperipatetikous,this example
wearing her beautiful original gown with demi train.