$28,000
Sold
sold
Click image to enlarge
Description
18" (46 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with very plump rounded face, painted blue eyes with glazed accent at the lower eyes, thick upper eyeliner, painted lashes, arched feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with accent dots on the heart-shaped upper lip, accent line between the lips, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, all-wooden fully-articulated body with dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles, swivel waist and pivot joint at thighs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Adelaide Huret, circa 1858. Value Points: especially fine sculpting accentuating the rounded nose and chin, very choice delicately-blushed complexion, on shapely wooden body with deluxe detail of articulation, and wearing superb early silk gown with matching fringe-trimmed jacket, pressed flannel bonnet, bone-handled parasol with silk shade, undergarments, and leather ankle boots signed "Huret a Paris" in green stamp (buttons missing). The doll was featured in an 1986 Doll Reader article "For the Love of the Ladies" written by Estelle Johnston; it remained a favorite of the collector for the nearly 40 years that the doll has lived in her home.