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Description
22" (56 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with very pale bisque portraying
adult lady,brown sculpted hair arranged with tight ringlet curls
at forehead,hair swept back at sides and captured into curls at
back of head,two sculpted decorative black hair combs with gilded
decorations,partially sculpted pierced ears,painted blue eyes,red
and black upper eyeliner,single stroke brows,accented
nostrils,closed mouth with center accent line,muslin stitch-
jointed body,bisque lower arms,porcelain lower legs with painted
black boots,wearing early white pique dress with pagoda
sleeves,undergarments. Condition: generally excellent. Comments:
Germany,circa 1875. Value Points: exquisite sculpting of hair
enhanced by fine feathering around the forehead,beautiful painting
of decorative hair combs,rare brown hair color,fine early costume.