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Description
5" (13 cm.) A wax-over-paper mache pickle with painted finish has an oval cut-out at the front in which are arranged eight tiny all-wax child dolls with painted colorful costumes,posed against wax grass. The dolls appear to represent a family of children,shown as "steps" of different ages,and the pickle theme may be a whimsical reference to the well-populated family. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: probably early 1900s,maker unknown. Value Points: delightful novelty with amazing detail of wax design and portraiture on these tiny figures. Ex-collection Prader Spielzeugmuseum of Davos Switzerland.