#330

German Wax over Paper-Mache Child in original Costume
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$500
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13" (33 cm.) Wax-over-paper-mache shoulder head,cobalt blue glass inset eyes,painted lashes and brows,accented eye corners,brunette mohair wig with long braids,muslin stitch-jointed body with paper- mache lower limbs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1885. Value Points: pretty child wearing her elaborate multi-layered folklore costume.