American Mechanical Toy "Autoperipatetikous" with Lustre Snood Bisque Head

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10" (25 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead with slender oval face, sculpted blonde hair waved away from face and captured by a painted green snood with purple lustre trim, painted dark blue eyes, black upper eyeliner, aquiline nose, closed mouth, on cone-shaped carton torso, brass feet, kid arms. Condition: generally excellent, mechanism needs adjustment. Marks: Patented July 15th,1862, also in Europe 20 Dec. 1862. Comments: the toy, named Autoperitpatetikous, was patented by Enoch Rice Morrison in 1862, being offered with a variety of different doll heads in china, bisque and fabric base. When wound, the double-cut brass legs were designed to move up and down as though walking. Value Points: very beautiful rarely-found bisque head for this model, the doll wears original costume with lace trim.