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Description
14" (36 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head with plump face,painted blue
upper-glancing eyes,thick black upper eyeliner,delicately-painted
lashes and brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with outlined
lips,un-pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,Rohmer kid
body with gusset-jointing at hips and knees,porcelain lower arms
with delicately-tinted nails,grommet-edged torso holes with silk
ribbons for attaching to knees to form a seated pose,wooden knees.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Mme Rohmer (green stamp)
Brevete SGDG. Comments: Rohmer,circa 1860. Value Points: most
endearing petite size,rare original body with deposed Rohmer
seating system,early silk costume,undergarments,leather boots,and
with original linen-over-wooden trunk containing four additional
costumes,two bonnets (one signed Huret),bone-handled parasol,opera
glass,additional undergarments,paisley shawl in leather
straps,velvet jacket,and another pair of leather slippers.