$2,800
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Description
17" (45 cm.) Porcelain shoulder head with plump
facial modeling,cobalt blue glass enamel inset
eyes,delicately painted lashes and brows,accented
eye corners and nostrils,closed mouth with center
accent line,blonde human hair over cork
pate,French kid gusset-jointed body with muslin
upper arms and porcelain arms to above the
elbows,antique pale yellow satin
gown,undergarments,straw bonnet,leather boots.
Condition: generally excellent. Comments:
attributed to Claude Blampoix,circa 1855,who
deposed a patent for glass eyes in that year.
Value Points: regal lady with great presence,fine
luminous quality of porcelain with delicately
blushed cheeks,piquant smile,porcelain arms.