Rare German Two-Faced Porcelain Doll Head Depicting Two Ages of Women

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3" (8 cm.) The shoulder head has a different face on each side, one depicting a young woman with black sculpted hair and painted facial features, the other depicting a kindly-faced elderly woman with painted grey hair, black hair bonnet ruffle, incised age wrinkles and gaunt cheeks, painted facial features. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1885. Value Points: rare porcelain doll head depicting two ages of woman.