Petite All-Original German Paper Mache Doll with Rare Coiffure

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8" (20 cm.) Paper mache shoulderhead, black sculpted hair with long ringlet curls at each side of her face, and forming into a chignon at the back of her head, painted facial features, blue eyes, tiny closed mouth, blushed cheeks, slender kid body, wooden lower arms and legs, painted red shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1840. Value Points: wonderfully preserved all-original doll with wearing layered original costume.