#38

An All-Original Petite Wax Fashion Doll
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$750
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Description

9" (23 cm.) Honey-tinted beeswax shoulder head doll with turned head, painted facial features, original wig inserted into slit in scalp, muslin body, poured wax arms and lower legs with painted black ankle boots and red laces. Condition: generally excellent, slight typical fading of painted features. Comments: circa 1865. Value Points: beautiful tiny doll wearing her original gown, undergarments, matching straw bonnet.