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Description
21" (53 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head of adult lady with slender oval face and elongated throat, black sculpted hair captured beneath a sculpted snood with gilt decorated white frame and a cluster of grapes at the crown, painted blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single strong brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with center accent line, muslin stitch- jointed body with (new) porcelain limbs, lovely antique gown and undergarments. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1870. Value Points: rare coiffure with fancily sculpted coiffe, demure yet elegant pose.