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A Scarce c.1880 French Composition Clown Doll sub-Curios The first would have boreOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 16. 75 inches Width: 5 inches (at extremities) Modelled as a clown, or Pierrot, having painted features including a painted orange cap, typically brightly adorned face make up, the body jointed at the shoulders, head, hands and hips, the whole wearing his original bone and pink printed fabric clown suit with lace ruff and pom poms, surviving from the last quarter of