#114

German Bisque Sculpted Hair Lady with Glass Eyes and Fancy Bodice
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$1,100
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Description
21" (53 cm.) Bisque shoulder head of adult lady with blonde sculpted hair waved softly away from her face with a fanciful small arrangement of braids and curls at her crown,a thick braided coronet around the sides and back of her head from a cluster of ringlet curls that fall from the back crown,cobalt blue glass enamel eyes,dark eyeliner,painted lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,pierced ears,closed mouth with center accent line,sculpted detail of smocking and ruffles on bodice with original brooch hole for insertion of jewelry,muslin stitch- jointed body,leather arms. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1870. Value Points: very fancy coiffure,glass eyes,fancily-sculpted bodice,pierced ears and pierced jewelry hole.