Rare German Porcelain Doll with Wooden Body,and Early Bentwood Furnishings

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9" (23 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head with light pink tinted complexion,black sculpted hair in short finger curls,painted blue eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,accented nostrils,shapely wooden torso and wooden upper limbs,porcelain lower limbs with attached porcelain dowels,dowel- jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees,painted black ankle boots. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1850. Value Points: rare model is well-preserved,along with a set of black bentwood furnishings with original velvet and wool braid trim.