Very Rare American Porcelain Doll with Fashionable Bonnet by Martha Thompson

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13" (33 cm.) Hand-sculpted porcelain shoulder head with slender oval-shaped face,painted facial features with dark grey downcast eyes,feathered lashes,aquiline nose,closed mouth with upturned lip corners,pierced sculpted ears,brown sculpted hair arranged with curls onto the forehead,three casually arranged ringlet curls modeled away from the head and a curl onto her nape,the hair surmounted by a black-topped blue bonnet decorated with tiny Dresden flowers and blue bows,muslin body,bisque lower limbs with painted gloves,stockings,and blue boots with black tips and buttons,wearing a fine silk costume of the era. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: MDT Ô54 (shoulders) Martha D. Thompson (body). Comments: by the esteemed charter member of NIADA,Martha Thompson,1954,from her extremely rare series of 19th century portrait ladies. Value Points: few examples of this model were ever made,thus combining great rarity with exquisite beauty and workmanship.