#8

Early German Porcelain Lady Doll Known as Queen Victoria
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$1,200
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Description
15" (38 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head of adult lady with oval face and elongated throat,sloping shoulders with slightly-modeled bosom,black sculpted hair in center-part looped in front of her sculpted ears and forming into a chignon at the back of neck,painted small bright blue eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,single stroke brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth,slender kid body in the so-called 'milliner model' style,wooden lower limbs,beautiful early gown and undergarments. Condition: generally excellent,some typical paint rubs at top of chignon. Comments: Germany,the model is referred to as Queen Victoria based on the stylistic coiffure,circa 1850. Value Points; rare to find early porcelain model in fine petite size.