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Description
20" (51 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head with very light tinted complexion depicting an adult lady with strong elongated throat,modeled bosom,head turned slightly to the side,painted grey side-glancing eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,grey feathered brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with suggestion of smile,painted teeth,and partially sculpted ears with blushed detail. She has a muslin stitch-jointed body and original Kister porcelain lower arms and hands,and is wearing a brown silk gown with antique lace collar. Her brown hair is sculpted in an extravagant style that is,at once,both wind-swept and deliberate,featuring a loosely wound topknot,curls around the forehead that are sculpted away from her face,and _run-away_ curls in front of each ear. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: (Kister blue mark). Comments: A.W. Fr. Kister,successor to Dressel and Kister,circa 1890. Value Points: very rare doll in grand size for this firm,having superb detail of hair design and finest quality porcelain and painting.