#164

Tiny Grodnertal Wooden Doll with Sculpted Tuck Comb
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$950
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Description
3 1/4" (8 cm.) All-wooden doll with one-piece carved head and torso,painted black hair with shaded stippled detail around the face and a sculpted yellow tuck comb at her crown,painted facial features,dowel-jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees,painted flat red shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Grodnertal,circa 1840. Value Points: wonderfully-preserved tiny wooden doll has fine original painting and is wearing her original early dress of transfer-patterned cotton.