With Simon & Halbig bisque head, open mouth, large articulated flirty brown glass eyes with cloth lashes, pierced ears, original mohair wig, adult papier-mâché body with shoulder-plate and bisque hands, one holding a tambourine, the other at her side, on velvet-covered base with single-air going-barrel movement causing the dancer to turn back and forth 45° on her right heel, while gently tapping her left foot, swaying her head and glancing left and right, in elaborate and well-preserved original eau-de-nil satin dress and striped velvet bolero jacket trimmed with silk flowers, ribbons, silk-covered balls and faceted metallic beads, ht. 20 ¾ in. (52 cm), figure's right hand inactive, otherwise good working condition. With size 10 steel key and original factory box. A particularly fine example of Roullet et Decamps' Spanish Dancer automaton with beautiful original costume. – Literature: Bailly, "Automata, the Golden Age", p. 319.