#223

English Poured Wax Child in Fine Antique Costume
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$1,500
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27" (68 cm.) Poured beeswax shoulder head with plump facial features, small blue glass inset eyes, tinted eye liner, feathered brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with pouty expression, blonde inserted hair, soft muslin body with poured wax lower arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: English, circa 1880. Value Points: beautiful face with expressive features, original body, wearing beautiful antique silk dress, undergarments.