#238

German Porcelain Doll with Black Sculpted Curls and Antique Gown
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$500
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Description
24" (61 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head with black sculpted hair in center-parted style,small curls at each side of forehead and arranged short finger curls overall the head,blue upper-glancing eyes in deeply-set eye sockets,red and black upper eyeliner,single stroke brows,accented eye corners and nostrils,closed mouth with very full lips,commercial muslin stitch-jointed body with sewn-on stockings and leather shoes,porcelain hands by Lacmann. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1880. Value Points: wonderful quality of sculpted eye sockets,fine lustrous patina of complexion,rarer body,wonderful antique cotton gown and undergarments.