$600
Sold
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Description
6" (15 cm.) Bisque shoulder head with short blonde sculpted curly hair, painted features, muslin torso, bisque lower limbs, wearing original black velvet and red silk gown with lace trim. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: for the French market, circa 1880. Value Points: the doll has a hidden "skirt" of folded paper fortunes; when unfolded each leaf has contains a message for the reader; this is an unusually rare small size of the classic 19th century toy.