#136

German Porcelain Lady with Wig and Antique Costume
Live Auction

$1,400
sold
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Description

21" (53 cm.) Solid domed porcelain shoulder head with painted facial features, elongated throat unusual for this model, brunette hair captured under woven snood, old kid body with shapely torso. Condition: generally excellent, body is charmingly too elongated for the doll, but the head and body have been together for many decades. Comments: Germany, circa 1875, the doll wears a fine antique two piece muslin gown, undergarments, leather high boots, richly gold-plated brooch. The doll was shown by Estrid Faurholt in her Book of Dolls and Doll Houses (1967), named "Charlotte" and described as having "funny old boots, not as smart as might be expected from the rest of her costume".