AN EXCEPTIONAL NINE-CHARACTER POLYCHROME BONE SPINNING JENNY MADE BY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONERS-OF-WAR, CIRCA 1800
the lower tier with two soldiers jigging with two ladies in turbans flanking elaborately carved and pierced crank mechanism, the top tier with spinning wheel, a harlequin waltzing with a lady, another lady dancing in the manner of Mademoiselle de Camargo and a redcoat soldier seated next to the "Jenny", both tiers with coloured strawwork bases and supported by fluted corner posts -- 7¼ x 4¼in. (18.5 x 11cm.) contained in later glass dome and base

Condition Report
In apparently fine overall condition - very good polychrome, mechanically still working when carefully tested with little evidence of any restoration - presumably the threaded lines are later.

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