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A Roullet et Decamps Bébé Rose automaton
the Jumeau bisque head with red artist marks, fixed blue paperweight eyes, pierced ears, unusual open smiling mouth with two rows of teeth and bisque hands, the open-spring motor causing her to rise from the centre of a fabric-covered flower, turn and throw kisses - 10¾in. (27cm.) high, circa 1890
the Jumeau bisque head with red artist marks, fixed blue paperweight eyes, pierced ears, unusual open smiling mouth with two rows of teeth and bisque hands, the open-spring motor causing her to rise from the centre of a fabric-covered flower, turn and throw kisses - 10¾in. (27cm.) high, circa 1890
Literature
Christian Bailly (1987), Automata, The Golder Age, 1848-1914, p. 293.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.