#178

Doll for the French Market in Original Costume and Basket
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$900
sold
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Description
7" (18 cm.) Pink-tinted porcelain shoulder head with black painted hair with curly edges,painted facial features,blue eyes,on original hand-stitched French kid body. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: for the French market,circa 1850. Value Points: the petite doll wears original (frail) rose silk gown and is preserved in original woven basket with tufted silk lining on base and inside lid.