#322.1

German Porcelain Doll in Original Costume,with Miniature Early Photograph
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$400
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Description
5" doll. A porcelain shoulder-head lady with black sculpted hair and painted facial features,muslin body and porcelain limbs with painted red boots,is wearing her original multi- layered folklore costume and cap. Included is a velvet-framed miniature early photograph with hand-colored details of mother with her two older children,the woman bearing a strong resemblance to the doll especially concerning her costume. Excellent condition. Germany,circa 1870,the photograph has the original studio label of Hermann Schwenenke of Coburg on the reserve.