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Description
22" (56 cm.) Porcelain shoulderhead of adult lady with oval face and very elongated throat, black sculpted hair waved from her face with feathering details at the side and a loosely-coiled, braid-wrapped chignon at her nape, painted blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils, muslin stitch-jointed body with blue kid hands designed to appear as gloves, antique costume, undergarments, green kidskin shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1870. Value Points: elegant demeanor with rare coiffure, kindly expression, antique costume, original body.