#410

Three Very Ornate German Porcelain Half Dolls
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Description
4.5" (11 cm.) - 5 1/2". Each is porcelain waist-up figure of adult lady with elaborately-sculpted hair,bonnet and costume,with beautifully-painted facial features,all in the 18th-century romantic style; one having very stylized grey powdered hair with a single rose and ringlet curls onto her shoulders,very ornate sleeves of low-bodice blouse,holding a vase of flowers; another with light brown pompadour-hair decorated with tri-color plumes,and a fancy ruffled bodice with large pink bows,her arms extend with yellow bracelets and holding a single rose bud; and the third with original skirted pin-cushion base (9" overall) with rare brown hair topped with a Charlotte bonnet decorated with pink Dresden roses that are repeated by the flowers she holds in her extended arms. Germany,circa 1900. Excellent condition.