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Description
11" (28 cm.) Papier-mache shoulder head with modeled bosom,sculpted black hair arranged in a
braided coronet with decorative comb,silk hanging loop at top of head,painted delicate swirls of
curls around the face,painted facial features,blue upper glancing eyes,black upper eyeliner,single
stroke brows,closed mouth,attached to silk sac with cardboard cylinder base to give suggestion
of body shape (but is actually empty and designed to hold sewing supplies),carved wooden
hands and feet,silk slippers. Condition: good,repair to back shoulder plate. Comments:
Germany,circa 1840,the "doll" was designed to serve as a "sewing companion"; its skirt contains
tiny threads,silk pincushion and early scissors.