#290

Bisque Child with Elaborate Original Folklore Costume and Accessories
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14" (36 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass sleep eyes,painted lashes and brows,accented nostrils,open mouth,outlined lips,four porcelain teeth,original brunette mohair wig,composition and wooden ball-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Made in Germany Armand Marseille 390n DRGM 246/1 A 400 M. Comments: Marseille,circa 1910. Value Points: outstanding and all original folklore costume with embroidered and beaded detail,patterned silk apron,multi-colored beads with tear droplet center,silk ribbons with embroidered flowers at apron and cascading from the very elaborately trimmed mirrored and beaded coiffe,undergarments,leather shoes.