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Description
6" (15 cm.) largest dolls. 15" x 26" frame. A walnut wooden shadowbox frame features a
family of five wooden Grodnertal dolls,each with carved hair and facial features,painted
complexion,painted details including tiny eyes,closed mouth,the woman with richly-swirled
curls around her face,and the man with painted moustache and goatee,along with a smaller
boy and girl with carved tuck combs,and a baby held in mother's arms. The dolls are arranged
against a background which imaginatively depicts a country home with bountiful fields of
flowers,little seashells,smoke curling from the chimney and such. Condition: generally
excellent. Comments: Grodnertal,circa 1840,the dolls; the shadowbox scene appears to be of
the same period. Value Points: an evocative scene likely composed to depict a family home
and gardens,with mother,father and three children,has been perfectly-preserved.