Lot Essay
There is a label on the underside of the doll reading 'Chas Marsh Wax and Composition Model Doll Manufacturer 114 Fulham Road Queens Elms Dolls Cleaned and repaired'
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Details
A Jules Nicholas Steiner Bébé premier pas
the pale bisque shoulder-head with deep blue eyes, open mouth, upper and lower teeth and unpierced ears, the kid covered upper body with bisque arms, the mechanism contained in the card 'skirt' causing the arms to rise and fall and the back wheels to turn, circa 1870 --14½in. (37cm.) high
the pale bisque shoulder-head with deep blue eyes, open mouth, upper and lower teeth and unpierced ears, the kid covered upper body with bisque arms, the mechanism contained in the card 'skirt' causing the arms to rise and fall and the back wheels to turn, circa 1870 --14½in. (37cm.) high
Literature
See The Ultimate Doll Book, page 64 and Dolls in Colour, plate 38.
Special notice
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