Automaton Dancing Dolls

Description:

Automaton Dancing Dolls, Edward Ives, Connecticut, late 19th century.
Estimate $600-800

The mechanism does not currently function. The dolls themselves each have damage to one hand, and the brown striped skirt has some loss.


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