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Description
6" (15 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead of adult lady with oval face, elongated throat, blonde sculpted hair waved away from her face into casually looped curls, with a garland of Dresden flowers forming a coronet overlaid on a blue enameled scarf with gilt accents, painted blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth. Condition: generally excellent few tiny flakes on flowers. Comments: Germany, circa 1870, attributed to Dornheim, Koch & Fischer by Lydia Richter who featured the doll on the cover of her book, China, Parian and Bisque German Dolls, and in two pages of the book interior. Value Points: rare model with superb detail of coronet and hair decorations.