#180

German Porcelain Half Doll as French Milkmaid
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$1,800
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Description
5 1/2" (14 cm.) Porcelain waist-up figure of adult nude lady with very slender torso,her head turned sharply to the side with a double-handled jug balanced on her head,supported by her left hand,her right hand extended outward; with sculpted white coiffe and grey hair,brown eyes,and facial features. With Dressel and Kister blue bishops staff stamp. Germany,circa 1910,the design was inspired by a Victorian costume book which showed the a similar woman described as French milkmaid.