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Description
20" (51 cm.) Paper mache shoulder head with
rounded facial shape and elongated throat,black
sculpted hair with exuberantly-arranged poufs of
curls at each side and a very grand beehive
arrangement at the row comprised of six rows of
horizontal braids and five rows of vertical braids
that loop over the sculpted tuck comb,painted teal
blue upper glancing eyes,black upper
eyeliner,closed mouth,slender kid body,wooden
lower limbs. Condition: generally
excellent,shoulderplate and lower face
re-varnished. Comments: Germany,circa 1840. Value
Points: very rare and superbly detailed
coiffure,original body,fine antique gown and
undergarments.