Charming German Wax-over-Paper Mache Taufling Baby

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9" (23 cm.) Wax-over-paper-mache head with solid dome and flat-cut neck socket that attaches to torso neck dowel,almond-shaped brown glass enamel inset eyes,tinted brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth,paper mache shoulder plate,lower torso,hands and feet,wooden lower arms and legs,twill upper arms and legs,and twill midriff enclosing crier bellows. Condition: generally excellent,twill slightly dusty. Comments: Sonneberg,circa 1860,the historically-important doll model was influenced by the Japanese Ichimatsu doll introduced to French and German doll makers at the mid-19th century international fairs,and became the predecessor to the articulated child doll (bebe). Value Points: wonderful petite size of the well-preserved early doll.