#284

German Bisque Sculpted Hair Lady with Blue Ruffled Snood
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$700
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11" (28 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with oval face,sculpted blonde hair waved around the face with two narrow rows of braids in front of ears,the back hair captured in a sculpted black snood edged with blue ruffled coronet and with two rows of sculpted blue ruffles at the nape,painted blue eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,single stroke brows,closed mouth,original muslin body,bisque lower limbs,black ankle boots,antique (frail) silk costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1870; the model was produced in both bisque and porcelain (see #285). Value Points: rare coiffure with wonderful details such as coronet,snood,narrow braids.