#117

Two Grodnertal Wooden Dolls
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$2,700
sold
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Description

10" and 20" (26 and 51 cm.) Each has one piece carved wooden head and torso, oval-shaped face with painted black hair arranged with elaborately stippled curls around the face, sculpted hair comb, sculpted ears on the larger, painted facial features, brown eyes, closed mouth, dowel-jointed wooden arms and legs. Condition: original finish, albeit finish is well worn on smaller, somewhat worn on larger. Comments: Grodnertal, circa 1930. Value Points: the larger model has very fine painting, each wears original costume, the smaller with painted red shoes, and the larger with unusual original leather slippers over painted shoes.