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Description
18" (46 cm.) Paper macheshoulder head with black
painted pate,black enamel eyes,delicately-painted
lashes,brush-stroked brows,accented nostrils and
eyecorners,open mouth with square-cut upper and
lower teeth,brunettehuman hair hand-tied wig,pink
kid shapely lady body with gusset-jointing at
hips,stitched and separated fingers. Condition:
generally excellent. Comments: French,circa 1850.
ValuePoints: fineoriginal lustrous finish,original
wig,sturdy original body,and wearing early silk
gown with whitechemisette,silk
fichu,undergarments,black silk slippers,and an
exceptional original coiffewith lace-edged streamers.