#157

German Bisque Lady with Sculpted and Very Elaborately Trimmed Snood
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$600
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead with very narrow oval face and elongated throat, black sculpted hair waved away from face and captured under a snood which is decorated with an extravagant snood of ribbons, tassels and feathers, stippled details of hair around the forehead, painted tiny blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, kid lady body, nicely costumed. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1870. Value Points: rare model with exceptional vibrant decorations of hair snood.