Roullet et Decamps Fillette Piano Automaton

Description:

Roullet et Decamps Fillette Piano Automaton, with Jumeau bisque head stamped Déposé Tête Jumeau, Bte. S.G.D.G. 4, closed mouth, brown paperweight eyes, feathered brows, pierced ears and brown hair wig, standing at rosewood veneered piano with gilt-metal sconces, music-stand and jardiniere with silk flowers, with going-barrel movement playing two tunes (on one revolution),the wires for articulation traveling from the back of the piano under the keyboard and causing the doll to turn and incline her head and move her metal hands alternately up and down and to and fro over the keys, in two-piece pink silk costume with lace overlay, cream satin lapels and matching bonnet, ht. 16 1/2 in., (repair with issuing faint hairlines and wig pull from temple to cheek),five movements.

Literature: Bailly, Automata, the Golden Age, p. 290.
Estimate $10,000-15,000

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