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Description
28" (71 cm.) Carved wooden doll with bedpost-shaped head,elongated
throat,shapely bosom,flat back,painted complexion over gesso
finish,inset black enamel eyes in small oval eye sockets,painted
all-around lashes,single-stroke brows,shapely nose,tiny closed
mouth,rosy blush circles on cheeks,early brunette human-hair
wig,crudely shaped wooden legs with dowel jointing at hips and
knees,leather arms,wearing early cotton gown of transfer-design
pattern on muslin,having quilted skirt,undergarments,early cap.
Condition: very good/excellent,left foot top chipped. Comments:
England,circa 1780. Value Points: wonderful large size of the
regally posed wooden doll,with original finish,nice early costume.