Four Early Grodnertal Wooden Dolls in Original Costumes

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8" (20 cm.) largest. Each is carved wooden doll with painted black hair having stippled details around the face, defined yellow "tuck comb" at crown, painted facial features, articulated dowel-jointed shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, painted flat shoes. Condition: very good, each with well-preserved original finish albeit some typical rubs and few chips in hair and combs. Comments: Grodnertal, circa 1840. Value Points: the "family" includes two adult women, a rare child with rounded face, and a "doll" for the child, each wearing its original costume.