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Description
18" (46 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head of lady with oval face, elongated throat, slightly pink-tinted complexion, black sculpted hair captured in a gilt snood with white ruffled edging accented with gilt and crowned with a cluster of grapes and leaves, painted pale blue upper-glancing eyes, black upper eyeliner, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, muslin stitch-jointed body with leather arms. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1865, the sought-after model is known as "Grape Lady". Value Points: lovely quality of bisque, original commercial body, very fine antique satin costume, undergarments, stockings, and shoes.