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A RARE RENOU MUSICAL AUTOMATON OF LITTLE GIRL WITH PUPPET THEATRE
French, circa 1900, the bisque head with partly legible red stamp 'Depose TETE JUMEAU', with open mouth, fixed brown eyes, pierced ears, later blonde wig attached to cork pate, later blue dress and shoes, painted composition hands, one holding a wand, the other holding a string attached to a curtain which raises to reveal a puppet standing on a stage mounted on a red velvet covered rectangular base containing a key-wound stop-start musical mechanism causing the girl to bang the stage with her wand, nod her head and raise the curtain to reveal the puppet with moving arms and leg and a different face each time the curtain is raised, with a sequence of five changes in total
Doll 49cm high, Overall 61cm high x 44cm wide x 25cm deep
LITERATURE
See: Bailly, Christian, Automata The Golden Age 1848-1914, Sotheby's Publications, London, 1987, p.192-193 for similar example.
Sold for $5,500
Lot 89
French, circa 1900, the bisque head with partly legible red stamp 'Depose TETE JUMEAU', with open mouth, fixed brown eyes, pierced ears, later blonde wig attached to cork pate, later blue dress and shoes, painted composition hands, one holding a wand, the other holding a string attached to a curtain which raises to reveal a puppet standing on a stage mounted on a red velvet covered rectangular base containing a key-wound stop-start musical mechanism causing the girl to bang the stage with her wand, nod her head and raise the curtain to reveal the puppet with moving arms and leg and a different face each time the curtain is raised, with a sequence of five changes in total
Doll 49cm high, Overall 61cm high x 44cm wide x 25cm deep
LITERATURE
See: Bailly, Christian, Automata The Golden Age 1848-1914, Sotheby's Publications, London, 1987, p.192-193 for similar example.
Estimate $5,000 - $8,000
Christmas Collectables Auction
AUCTION
Sale: LJ5687
12:00pm - 16 December 2012
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Wednesday 12th December 2012 10am - 8pm
Thursday 13th December 2012 10am - 4pm
Friday 14th December 2012 10am - 4pm
Saturday 15th December 10am - 5pm
CONTACT
Giles Moon
giles.moon@leonardjoel.com.au
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