#353

Outstanding Danish Porcelain Portrait of Queen Caroline Amalie by Royal Copenhagen
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$13,000
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22" (56 cm.) Pressed porcelain shoulder head with elegantly refined slender face and elongated strong throat, brown sculpted hair waved loosely over the ears into a loosely coiled nape at the back of her head, delicate stippling of hair at the neck nape, muslin stitch-jointed body, porcelain arms to above the elbows, porcelain legs with bare feet to above the knee. The doll wears a blue gown, undergarments, apron and embroidered shawl. Condition: generally excellent, repair to right toes and hairline at top of right leg. Marks: lll (with blue dot). Comments: Royal Copenhagen Porcelain manufactory, circa 1840, the doll is a portrait model of beloved Danish Queen Caroline Amalie, married to the crown price Christian who ascended to the Danish throne in 1840.