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A Lambert Spanish dancer automaton
the rare pressed bisque head with closed smiling mouth, acquiline nose, blue paperweight eyes, pierced ears, heavy brows and long neck, with rigid-torso papier-mâché body and bisque forearms holding castanets, the going-barrel movement with LB key playing two airs and causing her to turn in a circle, swaying her head from side to side, moving her arms and left leg, in red bodice with beaded decoration and short yellow skirt with black lace overlay - 22in. (56cm.) high, the head impressed 2, (probably redressed during the 1950s, one earring hole pulled through, good tone but movement sticking)
the rare pressed bisque head with closed smiling mouth, acquiline nose, blue paperweight eyes, pierced ears, heavy brows and long neck, with rigid-torso papier-mâché body and bisque forearms holding castanets, the going-barrel movement with LB key playing two airs and causing her to turn in a circle, swaying her head from side to side, moving her arms and left leg, in red bodice with beaded decoration and short yellow skirt with black lace overlay - 22in. (56cm.) high, the head impressed 2, (probably redressed during the 1950s, one earring hole pulled through, good tone but movement sticking)
Literature
A similar head was used by Lambert on a Spanish dancer illustrated in Christian Bailly (1987), Automata, the Golden Age, 1848 - 1914, p. 173.
A receipt, found inside the bisque head, from a theatrical wig-maker in Venice (dated 8/12/51) mentions work undertaken on a doll.
A receipt, found inside the bisque head, from a theatrical wig-maker in Venice (dated 8/12/51) mentions work undertaken on a doll.
Special notice
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