Lot 499:
Sold for £280 hammer
Estimate £300-£500
A late 19th Century French Roullet et Decamps girl pulling a cart automaton, circa 1890, the Limoges bisque socket head with fixed blue eyes, open mouth with integral teeth, brunette wig and impressed Limoges France 2, clockwork mechanism housed in the body with metal hands and arms and composition lower limbs, with a wooden two wheeled cart, when wound the doll 'walks', pulling the cart, length 35cm.
Condition report
Head and visible areas of body in good condition, some paint wear to hands. Clothes with some wear. One cart wheel misaligned. When wound doll will work with encouragement but does not walk without a push. Sold without a guarantee.
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