#89

Rare19th Century BisqueLady Doll with Metal Articulated Body
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$400
sold
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Description
10" (25 cm.) Bisqueshoulder head with paleblondesculpted hair drawn away from her faceinto a loosely-coiled braid at thetheback,painted facial features with cobalt blueeyes,closed mouth,thick black upper eyeliner and brows,accented nostrils,padded wooden torso and metal articulated limbs,bisquelower hands and legs with painted shoes. Condition: generally excellent,onethumb chipped. Comments: makeunknown,possibly an early French deposed body style,circa 1860. ValuePoints: raredoll with imaginativebody allowing great possibility of posing,fineantiquecostume.