#126

Pair,Early German Paper Mache Dolls in Original Costumes
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$2,100
sold
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Description
13" (33 cm.) and 15". Each has paper mache shoulder head with sculpted hair and painted facial features,blue painted eyes,closed mouth,slender kid body with wooden lower limbs and painted flat shoes. Condition: very good,original finish with light craquelure and typical rubs,each with horizontal lines across the shoulderplate. Comments: Germany,circa 1840. Value Points: included is woman with so-called "beehive" coiffure having elaborate braids and wide pouf curls at the sides,and gentleman with sculpted curls overall his head accented with feathering onto his forehead.