#46

German Porcelain Bonneted Taufling Baby
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$2,300
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Description
4 " (11 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head depicting little baby with painted facial features and sculpted bonnet with ruffled edging and magenta ribbons,attached to twill-covered bellows torso which "cries" when squeezed,and having attached plump lower torso and legs,jointed porcelain arms. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany: circa 1865. Value Points: the little taufling baby has rare sculpted bonnet,original body,and owns an early porcelain tub.