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AutoperipatikosAutoperipatikos (walking) dolls were made from the 1860s onwards in various countries including Germany, France and the USA. This example is unmarked but has a German head which dates from around 1875. The hairstyle is sometimes known as spill curls. She is 30 cm and wears her original clothes. Her body is a cylinder shape which houses a clockwork mechanism - when wound she moves along by means of three wheels on her base.
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