#156

Gentle-Faced German Bisque Doll with Sculpted Hair and Original Danish Costume
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$4,400
sold
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Description
15" (38 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with short blonde sculpted curly hair,painted facial features,blue eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,closed mouth with solemn expression,muslin stitch-jointed body,leather arms. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1880. Value Points: an especially sweet-faced model with rosy cheeks wears her original folklore costume from the Danish island of Amager including elaborate coiffe. Ex-collection Legoland Museum of Antique Dolls. $800/1100