Three Miniature German Porcelain Dolls with Wooden Articulated Bodies

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4.5" (11 cm.) Each has porcelain shoulder head with black sculpted hair,two with short finger curls and one with short boyish hair ending in stippled curls at the forehead,painted facial features,wooden body with shapely torso,dowel-jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees,the two girls with porcelain lower arms and legs,painted flat shoes. Contained in antique cardboard valise. Condition: generally excellent,boy's lower limbs may not be original. Comments: Germany,circa 1850. Value Points: rare models in appealing dollhouse size.