#256

Two Tiny German Porcelain Dolls with Wooden Articulated Bodies
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$1,900
sold
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Description
3" (8 cm.) Each has porcelain shoulder head with black sculpted hair,painted facial features,shapely wooden torso and wooden upper arms and legs,porcelain lower arms and legs,dowel-jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1850. Value Points: the rare wooden-bodied dolls are notable for variation in hair styles,well-preserved condition,one with original costume,and each with early woven cradle.