Early 19th Century Wax Head Doll with Wooden Articulated Body

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12" (30 cm.) Solid wax head depicting adult man with sculpted wax hair and beard,enamel eyes,tinted facial features,wooden block torso,dowel-jointed wooden legs,with jointing at hips and knees,sculpted shoes with painted high black boots,padded wire upper arms,paper mache hands. Condition: generally excellent,one finger broken. Comments: early 19th century,Continental. Value Points: very fine detail of sculpted hair and beard,handsome visage,wooden articulated legs,wearing original silk costume with rich metallic thread trim.