Very Rare Pair of Grodnertal Wooden Tuck Comb Ladies with Original Costumes

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9" (23 cm.) Each is all-wooden with one-piece head and torso,elongated throat,shapely bodice,carved wooden yellow tuck comb at the crown,painted black hair with shaded edging and exaggerated spit curls,original wooden earrings,painted facial features and blush,dowel-jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees,painted orange shoes. Condition: good,all original and un- restored,with some craquelure. Comments: Grodnertal,circa 1830,one of the pair is shown in Ackerman's Dolls in Miniature,page 33,described by the author as a "superior doll because both skilled craftsmanship and aesthetic considerations were part of what went into her creation". Value Points: the dolls have rare pierced ears with original yellow wooden earrings,and wearing matching gauzy costumes of unusual style,trimmed with gold ribbon and fringe.