Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2476Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: October 10, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Rare Prosopotrope Four-Face Doll Head, Ozias Morse, West Acton, Massachusetts, c. 1866, molded vulcanized rubber shoulder head with molded bodice, brown painted and molded sausage curls and molded hat with plume, containing a rubber rotating head with three distinct faces, original paper label applied to interior of shoulder plate, ht. 6 in., (good, rubber petrified, some warping and paint loss, old repair to front of shoulder plate).
Estimate $2,000-3,000
Note: this is a four-face, not a three-face doll head.
Good, rubber petrified, some warping and paint loss, old repair to front of shoulder plate.