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Description
20" (51 cm.) Bisque shoulder head depicting an
adult lady with oval full face and elongated
throat,cobalt blue glass eyes,black encircling
eyeliner,incised eyeliner,feathered brows,accented
nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with center
accent line,blushed cheeks,fully-sculpted pierced
ears,muslin stitch-jointed body with leather
arms,sewn-on striped stockings and blue leather
shoes,wearing fine antique velvet jacket and
patterned silk skirt,undergarments. She has a
sculpted fichu at her bodice with scalloped edging
and defined folds,and her brown sculpted hair is
waved away from her face in softly rolled curls
with a loosely woven braid at the crown and
smoothly rolled hair at the back terminating in
two loose buns clasped by a black barette. There
are two original holes at the crown designed for
the placement of a decorative tiara,in this
instance a jeweled affair. Condition: generally
excellent. Comments; Alt,Beck and
Gottschalck,circa 1875. Value Points: rarity
factors include glass eyes,brown hair,modeled
bodice,and unique hair style for detachable tiara.