"Bébé Poudreuse" Musical Automaton by Leopold Lambert, c. 1895
With Jumeau bisque head, stamped "Déposé Tête Jumeau, Bte. S.G.D.G. 4", closed mouth, fixed brown paperweight eyes, pierced ears with earrings, dark-blonde hair wig on cork pate and bisque hands holding a powder puff and a mirror, on velvet-covered base with going-barrel movement playing a single air ("Les Yeux Bleus Valse" – "The Blue Eyes Waltz") as the figure lifts the puff to her face, nods to the left, turns her head and then raises the mirror to admire her reflection, dressed in asymmetrical satin jacket, lace-trimmed skirt and matching bonnet, ht. 20 in. (50 cm), one finger repaired, minute ear-piercing chips, working condition. With tune-sheet and lacquered brass key. – A classic Lambert automaton featuring a particularly beautiful bisque head by Jumeau.

Musik-Puppenautomat " Bébé Poudreuse" von Leopold Lambert, um 1895
Biskuitporzellan-Puppenkopf von Jumeau, gestempelt "Déposé Tête Jumeau, Bte. S.G.D.G. 4", mit geschlossenem Mund, feststehenden braunen Paperweight-Augen, durchstochenen Ohrläppchen mit Ohrringen, gelockter blonder Mohairperücke auf Korkdeckel, Porzellanhände mit Puderquaste und Spiegel. Auf samtbezogenem Sockel mit Federwerk, Mechanik und einem Walzenspielwerk mit einer Melodie ("Les Yeux Bleus Valse"). Die Puppe hebt den Puderquast an ihr Gesicht, nickt nach links, dreht den Kopf nach rechts und hebt dann den Spiegel, um ihr Spiegelbild zu bewundern. Gekleidet in asymmetrischer Satinjacke, spitzenbesetztem Rock und dazu passender Haube, Höhe 50 cm, ein Finger repariert, winzige Abplatzungen an den Ohrlöchern. Funktionierender Zustand. Mit Original-Melodienblatt und lackiertem Messingschlüssel. – Ein klassischer Lambert-Automat mit besonders schönem Porzellankopf von Jumeau.

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