A late 19th century/early 20th century French bisque head an...

Hammer

£700

A late 19th century/early 20th century French bisque head and painted composition bodied automaton walking doll, the bisque head with fixed inset blue glass eyes, painted features including brown feathered eyebrows and fine eyelashes, open mouth revealing teeth, blonde wig on cork pate, impressed marks 'C. DEPOSE *8, 6', fixed key wind mechanism and lever with key initialled 'RD' for Roullet & Decamps (France), boxed - rectangular shaped cardboard box with lid, the lid with a rectangular shaped label for Au Bon Marché, Paris