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Description
21" (54 cm.) Solid domed paper mache shoulder head with oval shaped face and elongated throat, black enamel inset eyes, black painted pate, feathered lashes and brows, aquiline-shaped nose, closed mouth with pale accented lips, old muslin stitch-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French, circa 1850. Value Points: with most compelling serene expression, the doll wears original detailed nun's habit including miniature cross and rosary, and is carrying miniature bisque doll with sculpted brown hair and painted facial features (probably early Gaultier) wearing hand-made detailed woolen baby ensemble