#87

Porcelain Half Doll Depicting Mistinguett with Hidden Candy Box
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$350
sold
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Waist-up porcelain figure of flapper-era lady with slender torso,arms posed akimbo,sculpted red hair in side-parted flapper style,with original silk and metallic lace costume over hidden cardboard candy box; the box base attached to porcelain legs with pink shoes,on porcelain base. Excellent condition. Circa 1920s,the legs are marked Dressel Kister. The figure portrays the French music hall entertainer Mistinguett. From Vicki Lee Little Collection.