German Miniature Porcelain Doll with Rare Brown Hair and Articulated Wooden Body

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7" (18 cm.) Porcelain shoulderhead with lightly tinted complexion, sculpted brown hair drawn smoothly around the face and captured in a chignon, painted blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, wooden torso and upper limbs, porcelain lower arms and legs, dowel jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, painted black slippers and magenta ties at the knees. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1850. Value Points: rarity factors include early brown painted coiffure, and wooden fully-articulated body with porcelain lower limbs.