#375

Beautiful and Rare French Porcelain Poupee by Leontine Rohmer
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$12,000
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18" (46 cm.) Pink-tinted porcelain head with flat-cut neck socket on original shoulder plate, painted facial features, blue upper glancing eyes with darker blue outer rims, black upper eyeliner, painted lashes, lightly feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with downcast pouty lips,blonde mohair curly wig over cork pate, kid torso with kid-over-wooden upper arms, lower hips and lower thighs, kid-over-wooden upper calves with ball-joints, porcelain lower arms and legs with sculpted bare feet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Brevete SGDG (torso stamp). Comments: Leontine Rohmer, circa 1858. Value Points: rare early poupee with beautiful expression, and having various Rohmer deposes in her construction including neck pivot and body style; included is antique blue plaid silk dress.