#99

German Porcelain Lady Doll in Petite Size,Possibly Kestner
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$650
sold
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Description
8" (20 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head with slightly rounded face,elongated throat,painted blue eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,single stroke brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth,and blushed cheeks. She has an original muslin body with porcelain lower limbs,painted flat black shoes,and is wearing her original cotton calico print dress and undergarments. Her black sculpted hair is center-parted with stippling and curls at the forehead,and an extended plait that encircles the crown and forms into a chignon at the nape. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany,circa 1860,a nearly identical model appeared in an early Kestner catalog. Value Points: petite all-original doll.