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Description
18" (46 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head of adult lady
with oval elongated face and throat,black sculpted
hair waved softly away from side of face and
captured into a loosely-woven braid that is
visible at her crown and forms into a roll at the
nape,painted bright blue eyes,red and black upper
eyeliner,single stroke brows,accented
nostrils,closed mouth with accented lips,muslin
stitch-jointed body,porcelain lower arms.
Condition: generally excellent. Comments:
Germany,circa 1870,the model is known as"Jenny
Lind" for its resemblance to the famed Swedish
singer of that era known as the"Swedish
Nightingale". Value Points: beautiful face with
exquisite painting,lovely antique costume.