#32

Grodnertal Wooden Doll in Original Costume "Toy Peddler of Wales"
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$1,100
sold
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Description
9" (23 cm.) All-wooden doll with painted black hair and painted facial features,chip-carved nose,crudely-defined body with dowel jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1875,costumed and presented for the English market. Value Points: the peddler doll wears her original folklore costume of Wales including tall hat and red cape,and carries a basket of toy and tinker items including three wooden articulated dolls.