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Description
15" (23 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with oval face
and elongated throat,painted pale blue upper
glancing eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,single
stroke brown brows,accented nostrils and eye
corners,closed mouth with wide center accent line.
She has a muslin stitch-jointed body with bisque
lower limbs,painted flat black shoes,and wears a
wonderful antique gown and undergarments. Her
sculpted soft brown hair is arranged in deeply
waved curls away from the face,a ringlet curl
tumbling just above each partially sculpted
ear,and finished with an extraordinary arrangement
of braided loops and coils at the back of her
head. Condition: generally excellent. Comments:
Germany,attributed to Conta & Boehme,circa 1870.
Value Points: extremely rare model with
exquisitely painted facial features,complexion,and
extraordinary coiffure.