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Description
14" (36 cm.) All wooden doll with one-piece head and torso, heart-shaped face, elongated throat, shapely bosom and waist, black painted hair with tuck comb and shaded curls around the face, painted features, blue eyes, tiny mouth, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Grodnertal, circa 1840. Value Points: wearing elaborate silk brocade gown with gilt braid trim, banded shawl that is framed by a voluminous hooded cap that is white fur lined and clasped to the gown with fan-shaped gilt buttons, with original ink-script paper scrap "costume of the 12th century".