Three English Poured Wax Miniature Dolls in Original Costumes

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5" (13 cm.) Each has wax shoulder head,firmly-stuffed muslin body and wax lower limbs,including a pair of sisters with painted brown hair,tiny bead eyes,closed mouth,and wearing matching muslin dresses,undergarments and dainty woven bonnets,one with a carved bone sewing basket; and doll with slightly-turned head,original wig,painted eyes and facial features,wearing blue cotton print dress with undergarments,woven pinafore to match the woven bonnet. Condition: generally excellent,some typical darkening of wax. Comments: English,mid- 19th century. Value Points: very rare to find miniature wax dolls,especially notable as a sister pair and all three with fine original costumes. The dolls were featured in the book Dolls in Miniature by Evelyn Ackerman,page 56.