German Wax-Over-Papier-Mache Glass-Eyed Child with Sculpted Bonnet

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15" (38 cm.) Wax-over-papier-mache shoulder head with sculpted bonnet,cobalt blue glass inset eyes,fringed brows,eyeliner,accented nostrils,closed mouth with accented lips,ears pierced into head,brunette mohair curls arranged at sides of bonnet,muslin body with papier-mache lower limbs,painted stockings and brown and black boots with tassel trim. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1860. Value Points: rare glass-eyed child whose sculpted white bonnet with blue ribbon edging is posed in a fashionable manner onto the forehead,is also wearing her original linen print gown and undergarments.