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Description
10" (25 cm.) Pink-tinted porcelain shoulder head
with perfectly oval face,elongated throat,hint of
bosom,having downcast painted blue eyes with
heavily modeled eyelids,red upper eyeliner,black
eyeliner encircles the entire eyes,thick
brows,accented nostrils,and closed mouth. She has
a muslin body with porcelain lower limbs,painted
flat black shoes,and a lovely antique costume. Her
sculpted and painted grey hair is waved away from
her face and captured under a magenta Charlotte
bonnet with white edging and coronet,and decorated
with painted flowers to suggest embroidery; one
curl at the back has escaped from the cap.
Condition: generally excellent. Comments:
Attributed to French production,circa 1870. Value
Points: rare model with wonderful detail of hair
and decorated bonnet.