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Description
8" (20 cm.) Paper mache shoulder head of adult lady with oval face and elongated throat, black sculpted hair in very elaborate coiffure with formally arranged side wing curls centered by a tall arrangement of further braids and curls, painted facial features, blushed cheeks, slender kid body, wooden lower arms and legs, painted yellow flat shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1840. Value Points: wonderfully preserved doll with superb coiffure whose minute detail extends to back of hair, original costume including tiny beaded necklace.