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Description
30" (76 cm.) Thickly-waxed shoulder head over
composition base,thehead turned slightly to
theside,amber brown glass inset eyes,dark eyeliner
and heavily modeled eyelids,feathered
brows,eyeshadow,accented nostrils,slightly-parted
lips with four porcelain teeth,brunettehair
inserted in small tendrils into
thescalp,firmly-stuffed muslin body with poured
wax lower arms and
legs,barefeet,antiqueembroidered whitecotton
dress,undergarments,fancy bonnet,stockings,shoes.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks:
(Holz-massestamp on leg). Comments: Cuno and Otto
Dressel,thedoll bears theearliest 1875
Holz-masseinsignia indicating its dateat that
time. ValuePoints: very beautiful early wax doll
with portrait like-features,original
wig,fineantiquecostume,and raremaker's signature.