$7,500
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Carved wooden doll with elongated throat, shapely bosom and waist, black painted hair with tuck comb and shaded grey details around the forehead and forming into curls above the ears, painted tiny eyes with black outline, single-stroke brows, tiny mouth, blushed cheeks, jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Grodnertal, circa 1840. Value Points: fine original condition with unusual shapeliness, and wearing original silk brocade blouse, red silk skirt with metallic fringe, velvet fitted shoes, and a long muslin transfer-printed robe with green silk bows; a scrap of attached ink-script paper reads "costume of the 16th century".