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Description
18" (46 cm.) Paper-mache socket head,blue glass enamel inset eyes,painted lashes and
brows,open mouth,four teeth,brunette mohair wig,all-wooden body with dowel-jointing at
shoulders,elbows,hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent,light nose rub. Comments:
French,circa 1900,an original attached note indicates the doll is wearing a costume of
Pontaumur in Puy de Dome,the L̴Auvergne region. Value Points: rare doll in perfectly preserved
condition,wearing its elaborate original folklore costume of multi-layers,including coiffe and
bonnet,coin pockets,pasiley shawl. The doll is shown in the book French Dolls in Folklore
Costume with costume elements shown separately.