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Description
5 1/2" (14 cm.) overall. The woven flat-back basket with rounded front ("hotte") is filled with
wonderful early/mid-19th century dolls and toys including early paper mache lady with
painted bonnet and wooden body,bisque head man with sculpted green Tyrolean hat and
painted moustache,all-bisque Polichinelle with jointed limbs,and six early Erzebirge wooden
toys including jointed cat,man on camel and boy on rocking horse. Excellent condition.
Germany,mid/late-19th century; the hotte basket was the traditional method by which doll
parts and supplies were delivered to home workers,and,when finished,returned to the main
factory centers. The fascinating story of Ernestine Brandt,a famous hotte delivery woman
during the late 1800s in Germany,is told in Cieslik's German Doll Encyclopedia. A rare and
wonderfully-preserved miniature accessory.