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Description
17" (43 cm.) One-piece carved wooden head to waist
with modeled bosom,oval-shaped face and elongated
throat,sculpted black hair arranged in a
triple-coiled braided chignon at her crown and
having painted detail of curls around each side of
face and looped over her lightly-sculpted
ears,painted blue downcast eyes,single-stroke
brows,closed mouth with center accent
line,one-piece kid lower torso and legs,wooden
feet,wooden lower arms and hands. Condition:
generally excellent,some repair to kid body.
Comments: Germany,circa 1820. Value Points: rare
doll with exquisitely-sculpted and detailed
hair,modeled bosom,unusual body construction,and
wearing very fine early gown of the 1830 era. The
doll has a blue ribbon award from the 1997 UFDC
convention.