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Description
9" (23 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass inset eyes, painted lashes, dark eyeliner, delicately-feathered brows, closed mouth, ears pierced into head, blonde mohair wig, shapely carton torso, wire upper arms and legs, bisque hands, paper mache lower legs with applied stockings and mauve silk shoes with gilt paper banding. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French, circa 1865. Value Points: rare model with especially pretty face, wearing beautiful original ice blue silk gown, lace trimmed apron, ribbon-trimmed coiffe, and carrying basket of silk flowers.