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Charming French Mechanical Toy by Vichy with Original Costume

Landmark, The Margaret Lumia Collection
$79.00
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Charming French Mechanical Toy by Vichy with Original Costume

Lot Number: 
8
10" (25 cm.) A bisque head child doll with sculpted blonde hair, blue glass eyes, dark eyeliner, blushed cheeks, closed mouth, firm carton torso and legs, wire upper arms, metal hands, is standing upon a tinplate base with three spoked wheels. When wound, the base moves forward and in circles in a merry manner. Condition: generally excellent, mechanism functions well. Comments: Vichy, circa 1865. Value Points: charming early mechanical toy with rare sculpted hair, wearing original silk costume in the court manner, with flower-bedecked coiffe.
Realized Price: 
$4,500
Presale Estimate: 
2500/3500