#33

Petite Porcelain Doll in Original Costume for the French Market
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$1,150
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Description

8" (20 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head with black painted short hair, stippled detail around the forehead, painted facial features with unusually large blue eyes, closed mouth, pink kid fashion style hand-stitched body with mitten hands. The doll wears her original patterned green gown with lace trim, ormolu brooch, undergarments, shoes, and carries a tiny bonnet doll (limbs broken). Condition: generally excellent. Comments: for the French market, circa 1860,the doll has fine original costume.