#217

English Poured Wax Portrait Lady Doll from Hamley's
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$750
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17" (44 cm.) Pink-tinted poured wax shoulder head, small blue glass eyes, tinted eye liner and brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, brunette inserted hair, muslin torso and upper limbs, poured wax lower limbs, wearing ivory satin gown. Condition: very good,some typical fading of facial features. Marks: Hamley's 24 Regent St. Doll Repair (torso). Comments: in the Pierotti manner, the doll was sold in the London doll store of Hamley's, circa 1890. Value Points: lovely and serene expression with original marked body.