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Lot 39

A FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON, THE BALLERINA
By Leopold Lambert, circa 1900
The bisque-head doll wearing a silk and lace ballerina costume and holding a garland of flowers with blue glass eyes, brunette mohair wig, one-piece lady-shaped carton torso and right leg, and left leg bent at knee and separately-hinged at the top, bisque forearms, standing on a tasselled velvet covered plinth, when wound, she pirouettes around and around while simultaneously bowing her head and arms, her bent leg in attitude devant position, extending forward and backward while music plays
59cm high, the plinth 19cm wide, 19cm deep

Estimate $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $3,200


Theriaults, Soiree: Antique dolls and automata, Florida, May 15, 2016, lot 114

Decorative Arts

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8805
4:00pm - 30 March 2026
Hawthorn

VIEWING
Fri 27 - Sun 29 March, 11am - 5pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn, VIC

CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au

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