#165

Outstanding Grodnertal Wooden Doll with Original Costume and Tiny Wooden Doll
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$14,500
sold
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Description
22" (56 cm.) All-wooden doll with heart-shaped face,very elongated throat,sculpted ears,black painted pate with stippled curls around the sides of her face,under elaborately-braided brunette human hair wig,painted brown upper-glancing eyes,painted upper lashes,single-stroke brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth,shapely torso,elongated limbs with dowel-jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent,some typical light craquelure on original finish. Comments: Grodnertal,circa 1820. Value Points: the beautiful large doll with well-preserved original finish including cheek and chin blush,stippled curls,is wearing her superb original silk costume decorated with silk flowers at her hair,waist,and in the little basket that she carries; she has nailed-on original leather shoes,fitted long kidskin gloves,dainty pearl necklace and earrings,and holds her own tiny all-wooden Grodnertal doll which also has an original costume. The doll has a blue ribbon award from 2001 UFDC convention.