Porcelain Doll with Wood Articulated Body

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6" (15 cm). Thick paste pink tinted shoulderplate of woman with elongated slender face, black sculpted curls low onto shoulder, painted blue eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, accented nostrils, closed mouth, wooden shapely body with dowel jointing at shoulders and hips, porcelain lower arms and legs with dowel jointing at elbows and knees, flat red shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1860. Value Points: rare coiffure and wonderful fully articulated original body.