#87

German Paper-Mache Lady Doll with Glass Eyes
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$950
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Description
16" (41 cm.) Paper-Mache shoulder head of adult lady with very slender heart-shaped face and elongated throat,black glass eyes,painted upper lashes,feathered brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with center accent line. She has her original muslin body with wooden lower limbs,green scalloped paper edging between muslin and wooden body parts,and is wearing a fine sheer muslin gown with transfer printed design,and undergarments. Her sculpted black hair is center-parted and waved back in very full curls away from her face,captured in large rolled curls at the back surmounted by a braid. Condition: generally excellent,one horizontal craze line at back shoulder plate. Comments: Germany,circa 1850. Value Points: rare glass eyes,unusual coiffure and presence on the all-original doll.