#225

German Porcelain Lady Doll with Sculpted Topknot
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$350
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16" (41 cm.) Porcelain shoulderhead with rounded face, black sculpted hair with tight little curls at the center forehead and a coiled topknot at her crown with cascading curl down the back of her head, painted blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single-stroke brows, narrow nose, tiny closed mouth, muslin stitch-jointed body, leather arms, black silk dress. Condition: generally excellent, upper torso and arms are new. Comments: Germany, circa 1880. Value Points: fashionable coiffure crowns her charming flirtatious expression.