A French Bisque Musical Automaton by Roullet et Decamps; ‘Bebe Tricoteur’ c.1885-90 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage modelled on Jane Morris being

modelled on Jane Morris being created

a grotesque is a fantastic or mythical figure carved from stone and fixed to the walls or roof of a building

There are blemishes commensurate with age

Brighton Museum and the William Morris Gallery

This representation along with the inscribed message of ‘free all slaves’ proves a potent mix of powerful emotion and of the human condition

A French Bisque Musical Automaton by Roullet et Decamps; ‘Bebe Tricoteur’ c.1885-90 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage modelled on Jane Morris beingOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1885 90 Height: 15 Width: 10. 5 Depth: 10. 5 The un restored French musical automaton, the vignette arranged on a ruby red velvet covered base to a faux bamboo gilded chair, the porcelain head set with brown glass paperweight eyes, the movement functioning and when wound music plays and the girl nods her head forward and back as though examining her knitting, while her forearms twist to