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Description
22" (56 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with very pale bisque portraying adult lady, brown sculpted hair arranged with tight ringlet curls at forehead, hair swept back at sides and captured into curls at back of head, two sculpted decorative black hair combs with gilded decorations, partially sculpted pierced ears, painted blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with center accent line, muslin stitch-jointed body, bisque lower arms, porcelain lower legs with painted black boots, wearing early pique dress with pagoda sleeves, undergarments. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1875. Value Points: rare color and style of coiffure, pierced ears.