#916

German Bisque Portrait Lady with Iron Cross Necklace
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$900
sold
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18" (46 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with elongated throat, blonde sculpted hair waved behind pierced ears with voluminous curls piled high onto the crown and captured by a band of black beads, short band of bangs at the forehead, sculpted blue-rimmed bodice with ruffled collar and gilt-edged Iron Cross brooch with black "velvet" chain at the throat, painted facial features, closed mouth, blue eyes, firmly stuffed muslin body with shapely waist, sewn-on black slippers, stub hands. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1870, with rare coiffure and bodice, the lady wears a lovely (albeit repaired) antique gown and undergarments.