$2,400
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Description
28" (71 cm.) All-wooden doll with carved head and torso,perfectly
egg-shaped head,elongated throat,inset brown enamel eyes in deeply
set sockets,painted brows and eyeliner,elegantly shaped
nose,closed mouth with very full lips,well-sculpted lips,hemp hair
in long ringlet curls,shapely torso,dowel-jointing at
shoulders,elbows,hips and knees,separately sculpted fingers.
Condition: structurally excellent,original painted finish is worn.
Comments: Continental,18th century. Value Points: splendid
portraiture with refined features,fully articulated body,and
wearing fine original silk costume with silver metallic
embroidery,and with matching slippers,undergarments. Ex-collection
Margaret Woodbury Strong,being sold to benefit the Strong's
collections funds.