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Description
17" (43 cm.) One-piece carved wooden head and
torso,heart-shaped face and elongated
throat,sculpted bodice rim,bosom,and
high-waist,sculpted black hair in deeply
comb-marked ridges with detailed carving of curls
onto her forehead,and then combed behind her ears
into a coiled chignon at the back with a carved
decorative comb,and carved garland of
flowers,sculpted ears,painted brown
eyes,single-stroke brows,closed
mouth,dowel-jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and
knees,painted flat green shoes,wearing dainty gown
and silk bonnet in the Regency style. Condition:
structurally excellent,professional repainting of
the face and possibly the hair. Comments:
Continental,early 1800s. Value Points: very rare
early doll with superb coiffure that is very
stylized of its Regency era including sculpted
comb with carved decorations,Grecian garland and
forehead locks.