#134

Very Fine German Bisque Lady with Sculpted Necklace and a Trio of Hair Ribbons
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$2,300
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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with oval facial shape and elongated throat,cobalt blue glass eyes,dark encircling eyeliner,lightly painted lashes and brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with center accent line,fully sculpted pierced ears,original muslin body with bisque lower limbs,painted blue ankle boots with black tips and heels,and wearing factory original muslin dress with aqua ribbons and lace. She has a sculpted gold bead necklace,and her blonde sculpted hair is arranged in a center-part with five vertical finger curls onto her forehead at each side of the part,the remainder of her hair combed back and secured by a trio of sculpted blue hair ribbons,with a double row of finger curls below the bottom ribbon. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Alt,Beck and Gottschalck,circa 1870. Value Points: very beautiful presence of the all original doll with wonderful coiffure,glass eyes,necklace,original body and costume,a blue ribbon award winner in 1973 UFDC competition.