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Description
14" (36 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head with very
slender elongated face and throat,painted blue
eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,single stroke
brows,accented nostrils,and closed mouth with
defined white space between the accented lips. Her
black sculpted hair is center-parted,waved loosely
around the face and formed into a tight
three-strand braided coil at the back of her
head,with braided loop curls falling from the
coil. She has a muslin stitch-jointed body and
porcelain limbs,and is wearing an early calico
print gown and undergarments. Condition: generally
excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1860,the model
is similar to a style shown in early Kestner
catalogs. Value Points: the simplicity of face and
front hair style is wonderfully contrasted by
intricate style of hair at the back in this rare
model.