$4,600
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Description
Porcelain shoulder head with slightly rounded
facial shape,plump cheeks,painted blue eyed,red
and black upper eyeliner,single stroke
brows,accented nostrils,and closed mouth with prim
little smile,She has a muslin stitch-jointed body
with porcelain limbs,painted flat black shoes,and
is wearing an early muslin gown with lace trim,and
undergarments. Her sculpted black hair is
center-parted,combed smoothly around the sides of
her forehead,and captured in a neat fitted white
bonnet with scalloped edging and magenta ribbon
and bow,with ringlet curls falling onto her back
shoulders. Condition: generally excellent.
Comments: Germany,circa 1860,a similar model
appeared in an early Kestner catalog. Value
Points: very rare model with simple yet appealing
sculpting of hair and bonnet,sweet expression.