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Description
23" (58 cm.) Thick paste porcelain shoulder head with black sculpted side-parted hair swept casually across his forehead, and with stippled detailing, sculpted ears, deeply-defined eye sockets with painted blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented eye corners, circle accented nostrils, closed mouth, muslin stitch-jointed body with early thick-paste porcelain lower arms and legs, fingers sculpted as though semi-closed, antique costume. Condition: head excellent, left leg has restoration, one baby finger broken. Comments: Germany, circa 1860. Value Points: exceptional quality of sculpting especially around eyes and mouth.