#360

German Wax Figure in Original Costume,with Early Church Accessories
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$350
sold
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Description
8" (20 cm.) excluding hat. The wax man has tiny bead eyes,painted features,white hair,wooden torso,cloth-wrapped upper arms and legs,wooden lower arms and legs with painted white stockings and orange boots,on original wooden stand. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,early 19th century. Value Points: wearing fine embroidered silk,cape and head-dress with silver metallic edging. Along with a French candy box,with engraving of nun comforting a woman,an early easel-back cabinet shrine with interior medallion of Notre Dame de Lechet,gold-leaf accented figure of Madonna and Child,and a carved bone altar piece,all early/mid 1800s.