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Description
21" (53 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head portraying an
adult lady with oval-shaped face,strong throat
with well-defined throat hollow,painted blue eyes
with heavily-modeled eyelids,red and black upper
eyeliner,thick-stroke brows,strong nose,closed
mouth with primly-set lips,and partially-sculpted
ears. She has a muslin stitch-jointed body with
porcelain lower arms,and is wearing a striped
magenta/black silk dress with lace trim,antique
cameo brooch,and undergarments. Her sculpted hair
has in darkest brown/black shaded tones two formed
curls onto the forehead,side curls waved away over
ear-lobes with tiny curl above each ear,a braided
hair coronet at her crown that encloses a
_brioche_ of curls at her back head,and surmounts
a small braided chignon on her neck. Condition:
generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa
1875,A.W. Fr. Kister,an identical model in bisque
with blonde hair is shown in Identifying German
Parian Dolls by Krombholz. Value Points: rare
model with highly characterized features,rare
coiffure in usual darkest brown/black shading. The
doll has a President_s Choice and another blue
ribbon award from UFDC conventions.