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Description
18" (46 cm.) Carton moule shoulder head with oval face,strong throat and sloping
shoulders,painted brown eyes with dark upper eyeliner and painted lashes,arched
brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with impressed dimples at lip edges and chin lending
suggestion of smile,original brunette human hair curls,slender and firmly-stuffed kid torso and
elongated legs,wooden hands,painted orange slippers. Condition: very good,some early re-touch
around eyes. Comments: French,circa 1810. Value Points: the Parisienne is wearing her original
(frail) paper lined sheer muslin dress with tinsel trim,silk sleeves and overskirt,green silk cap with
tall feather and trim,earrings.