Rare German Paper Mache Head with Flax and Painted Hair attributed to Muller

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4" (10 cm.) Paper mache shoulder head with unusual angled shoulder plate, modeled bosom, elongated throat, painted facial features, brown painted hair in centerpart and side parts above each sculpted ear, with attached painted flax tightly braided loop curls above each ear, and an elaborate arrangement of painted flax long looped curls at the back of the head. Condition: generally excellent, original finish and hair beautifully preserved excepting nose tip rub, and small chip on left shoulder edge. Comments: attributed to Johann Friedrich Muller, circa 1835, the hair style is based on that worn by Queen Victoria at her 1837 coronation.