#257

German Porcelain Doll with Short Black Sculpted Finger Curls
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$350
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Description
17" (43 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head with lightly-pink-tinted complexion,black sculpted hair arranged in short uniform-size finger curls,blue painted eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,feathered black brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with accented lips,old muslin body with porcelain lower limbs,painted flat-black boots,nicely-costumed in antique cotton print gown,undergarments. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1865. Value Points: very pretty face with fine lustrous patina,pink-tinting.