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Description
26" (66 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head of adult lady with elongated face and throat, black hair with unusual hints of brown tinting arranged in waves drawn back from face and softened by stippling and little curls in front of partially sculpted ears, arranged at the back of the head in five rows of variant decoration: decorative comb, narrow braid, 8 vertical ringlet curls, snood enclosed pageboy roll, and five tendril curls onto the nape. The lady has painted facial features, commercial muslin body with sewn on stockings and shoes, porcelain limbs, fine antique gown and undergarments. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1865.