#29

German Porcelain Doll with Wooden Articulated Body
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Description
7" (18 cm.) Pink tinted porcelain shoulderhead, black sculpted hair with centerpart and looped over each modeled ear, pale blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single-stroke brows, tiny closed mouth, wooden articulated body with dowel jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, porcelain lower arms and hands, right hand posed for holding object, with antique undergarments. Condition: generally excellent, wooden lower legs are replacements. Comments: Germany, circa 1850. Value Points: rare early doll with distinctive coiffure.