$1,900
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Description
21" (53 cm.) Paper mache shoulder head with solid
dome,oval elongated face and slender
throat,painted black pate,black enamel
eyes,lightly tinted facial features,aquiline
nose,closed mouth with piquant smile,blushed
cheeks,original brunette human hair wig in
elaborate coiffure under fitted coiffe,pink kid
poupee body with gusset-jointed hips,stitched and
separated fingers. Condition: generally excellent.
Comments: French,circa 1845,the doll is wearing
her original luxury costume of Arles in Southern
France. Value Points: very regal presence of the
superb early doll that is wonderfully preserved
with fine silk costume with lavish bead and
lace-trimmed shawl,original coiffe. $2000/3000