#96

Petite Porcelain Doll in Original Costume for the French Market
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$400
sold
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Description
8" (20 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head with black painted short hair,stippled detail around the forehead,painted facial features with unusually large blue eyes,closed mouth,pink kid hand- stitched poupee body with mitten hands. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: for the French market,circa 1860. Value Points: the doll wears her original patterned green silk gown with lace trim,ormolu brooch,undergarments,shoes and carries a tiny porcelain bonnet doll (limbs broken).