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Description
19" (48 cm.) Solid domed papier-mache shoulder head of adult lady with heart-shaped
face,elongated throat,and modeled bosom,black enamel eyes,painted upper lashes,feathered
brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with center accent line,black painted hair with
feathering around the forehead,sculpted brushmarks and sculpted braided chignon with
painted gold comb,and with brunette human hair curls at the sides centered by a gold metal
comb,kid lady body with shapely torso,fine antique dress,undergarments,leather slippers.
Condition: generally excellent,fine original complexion and paint is well-preserved,some
craquelure and one corner re-glue on shoulderplate. Marks: G.K. XX (impressed inside
shoulder plate). Comments: maker unknown,circa 1825. Value Points: rarity factors include
most unusual coiffure which combines sculpted and human hair,glass eyes,beautiful
presence,early costume; the doll is shown in Grafnitz's German Papier-Mache Dolls,page,74.