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Description
14" (36 cm.) Bisque shoulder head of adult lady
with very white un-tinted complexion,painted blue
upper-glancing eyes,red and black upper
eyeliner,brown painted brows,accented nostrils
and eye corners,closed mouth with center accent
line. She has a muslin stitch-jointed body with
non-original bisque lower arms,wearing lovely
antique costume. Her brown sculpted hair is shaded
to pale blonde around her face and arranged in
generously full looped curls at the sides,then
captured at the back in a black sculpted snood
which allows the hair to fall lower than in
similar models. There is a sculpted blue
coronet,and sculpted gold flowers at each side of
the head just behind the ears. Condition:
generally excellent. Marks: III (front shoulder
plate) g (and other incised and inked markings
inside shoulder plate). Comments: attributed to
Gera,circa 1870. Value Points: especially fine
quality of sculpting with beautiful shading of
hair color,rich detail of curls and snood.