#10

Very Fine Early Continental Wooden Doll with Original Costume and Silver Crown
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$1,800
sold
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Description
19" (48 cm.) including crown. The carved wooden doll with oval face and aquiline nose has fine painted complexion and features,brown inset enamel eyes,padded arms with sculpted wooden hands and expressive fingers,on wooden-framed skirt base. Condition: generally excellent,original finish with few tiny paint rubs. Comments: Continental,late 18th century. Value Points: superbly preserved wooden figure wearing elaborate original silk brocade costume including tasseled ties,silver trim,and lace-edged hood which is topped by an elaborate silver crown. Ex-Collection Margaret Woodbury Strong.