Léopold Lambert Mephistopheles He bows and turns his head, opening his mouth with his eyelids and playing the mandolin with his right hand. Good original and working condition (minor restorations from use, chipping to the mandolin). Head in composition with restoration of the colouring, costume in very rich satin and velvet (wear from use). Original music label. Music for two arias. Faust. Key LB. Circa 1886. Height 90 cm. Reference: Bagatelle exhibition catalogue, page 105, "The Golden Age of Automata" 1848-1914. Facsimile of catalogue n° 1 bis page 337. And a similar model from the Guiness collection page 177. Provenance: Thomas Vroom collection