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Description
20" (51 cm.) Paper mache shoulder head with oval-shaped face and elongated throat,black
sculpted hair arranged with center part and exuberant poufs of ringlet curls at each side of her
head with coiled chignon at the back,painted teal blue eyes in defined eye sockets,black upper
eyeliner,feathered brows,aquiline nose with rounded tip,closed mouth with center accent
line,blushed cheeks,slender kid body,wooden lower arms and legs,painted red flat shoes.
Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1840. Value Points: rare large early
model with wonderful coiffure,finely-preserved original painting,original body,and wearing
original costume.