#150

German Bisque Lady Doll with Sculpted Snood and Plume
Live Auction

$750
sold
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Description
12" (30 cm.) Bisque shoulder head of slender-faced lady with elongated throat,blonde sculpted hair waved away from her face and captured in a green snood with purple lustre ribbon and green feather,painted bright blue eyes with black eyeliner and tiny painted lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth,muslin body with bisque lower limbs,painted black ankle boots with lacing. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1870. Value Points: exquisite detail of painting on the diminutive model of the sought-after doll,with original body and beautifully-sculpted hands,antique silk costume.