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Description
30" (76 cm.) Paper-mache shoulder head with plump face and
throat,black sculpted hair with curls at side of forehead and
ringlet curls waved behind her ears,painted dark blue eyes,black
upper eyeliner,painted lashes,one stroke brows,accented
nostrils,closed mouth,muslin stitch-jointed body,leather arms with
stitched and separated fingers. Condition: generally excellent.
Marks: Greiner's Improved Patent Heads,Pat. March 30th,58
(original paper label). Comments: Ludwig Greiner,circa 1858,the
early period patent model by the prestige American dollmaker.
Value Points: fine original finish on the early model,fine antique
costume.