#64

Danish Porcelain Brown-Haired Doll by Royal Copenhagen with Provenance
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$4,200
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Thick paste pressed porcelain shoulder head with oval face and elongated throat, slightly-tinted complexion, brown painted hair simply looped over each sculpted ear and pulled into a coil at the back of her head, painted facial features, blue eyes, red upper eyeliner, single stroke brown brows, all kid body with shapely waist, stitched and separated fingers. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: lll. Comments: Royal Copenhagen Porcelain, circa 1845, the doll wears her original rose voile gown with delicately hand-stitched undergarments including a corset and pantalets with ties at the ankles. Value Points: rare model in appealing petite size, from the original collection of Estrid Faurholt which became the famed Legoland Museum. The doll, referred to as "Signe" while in Estrid Faurholt's collection, was described by her as "the most finely dressed doll" that she owned. The doll was written about by Kirsten Stadelhofer in Cieslik's Puppenmagazin, 1983.