Superb German Lady with Elaborately-Sculpted Cafe-au-Lait Hair and Ornaments

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20" (51 cm.) Bisque shoulder head portraying an adult lady with heart-shaped face,elongated slender throat,cafe-au-lait sculpted hair waved across her crown,then combed loosely backward to be captured in a snood,with one well-detailed ringlet curl on either side of her throat,painted blue eyes in well-defined eye sockets,red and black upper eyeliner,single-stroke brown brows,aquiline nose with accented nostrils,closed mouth with center accent line,pierced ears,muslin stitch-jointed body with bisque lower arms and legs,highly-defined sculpting of fingers,painted boots and tassels. Condition: generally excellent. little chip at tip of left thumb,left leg reglued. Comments: Germany,circa 1865,attributed to Conta and Bohme. Value Points: superbly-beautiful doll whose rarity factors include cafe-au-lait hair color,gilt sculpted bow at her crown,deeply-sculpted snood with lustre-trimmed tassels,exceptional detail of sculpting of facial features and fingers,and wonderful early blue silk costume with silk tassel fringe,jewelry,floral bouquet,blue velvet faux-dance card on gilt metal chatelaine.