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Description
18" (46 cm.) Hand-pressed pink-tinted porcelain shoulder head of lady with oval face and very
strong elongated throat,brown sculpted hair drawn smoothly around the sides of her face,looped
under her sculpted ears and formed into a braided chignon at the back,painted shaded blue
eyes,black upper eyeliner with heavily modeled eyelids,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed
mouth with full lips,muslin stitch-jointed body with sewn-on blue leather boots,leather
arms,beautiful silk gown with embroidered flowers,undergarments. Condition: generally
excellent. Marks: 7 (incised,and pencil inscription inside shoulderplate). Comments:
Germany,circa 1850. Value Points: superb sculpting with commanding presence,rare brown
hair,beautiful painting.