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Description
12" (30 cm.) Bisque swivel head with unusual flange neck having raised edging, on bisque shoulderplate with dowel attachment, slender oval face, elongated throat, cobalt blue glass eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, arched brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, aquiline nose, closed mouth with upturned lip corners in slight smile, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, kid poupee body with bisque lower arms. Condition: generally excellent, body may not be original, repair at arm joints. Comments: French, circa 1865. Value Points: exquisite portrait face with unique expression, unusual jointing of head to shoulderplate.