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Description
15" (38 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head of adult lady with oval-shaped face, elongated throat, black sculpted and painted hair drawn away from center part and captured under a snugly fitted bonnet that is decorated with a purple ruffled brim and throat ribbons, colorful purple flowers and sienna ribbons at the nape, painted large oval blue eyes, red and black eyeliner, single-stroke brows, aquiline nose with accented nostrils, closed mouth, muslin stitch-jointed body, porcelain lower arms and legs, wearing antique silk gown and undergarments. Condition: generally excellent excepting rubs on right brow and cheek. Marks: KPM (inside shoulder plate). Comments: Konigliche Porzellan Manufaktur, circa 1850. Value Points: exceptionally rare early porcelain doll; few marked examples of any KPM dolls exist, this model is virtually unknown and features wonderful decoration of the bonnet. The doll has a blue ribbon award from 1989 UFDC convention.